Today: Areas of fog this morning; P/Cldy w/isolated showers & thunderstorms, mainly this afternoon. High 90. S @ 10.
Tonight: Showers & thunderstorms ending this evening; P/Cldy overnight. Low 68. SE @ 5.
Tomorrow: Mostly sunny. High 94. SW @ 10-20.
Friday: A chance of morning showers; P/Cldy. High 86.
Saturday: Mo. Sunny. High 85.
Tuesday’s High in Atlantic was 89. Our Low this morning, 62. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 88 and the low was 68. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 107 in 1911. The Record Low was 41 in 1972 .
Today: Areas of fog this morning; P/Cldy w/scattered showers & thunderstorms this afternoon. High 88. SE @ 10-15.
Tonight: Showers & thunderstorms ending this evening; P/Cldy overnight. Low 68. SE @ 5.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy w/scatt. Afternoon Shwrs & tstrms. High 90. S @ 10-15.
Thursday: Mo. Sunny. High 94.
Friday: A chance of showers in the morning; P/Cldy. High 86.
Monday’s High in Atlantic was 90. Our Low was 64. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 76 and the low was 61. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 111 in 1936. The Record Low was 41 in 1967 .
Today: Areas of fog this morning; P/Cldy w/scattered showers & thunderstorms this afternoon. High 87. SE @ 10-15.
Tonight: P/Cldy to Cldy w/scattered showers & thunderstorms. Low 68. SE @ 5-10.
Independence Day (Tue.): Variably Cldy w/scatt. Shwrs & tstrms. High 85. SE @ 10-15.
Wednesday: Cldy to P/Cldy w/a chance of morning shwrs & tstrms. High 89.
Thursday: P/Cldy. High 92.
Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 83. Our Low this morning (as of 5-a.m.) was 63. We received .1” of rain Sunday, here in Atlantic at the KJAN studios. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 71 and the low was 58. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 107 in 1936. The Record Low was 43 in 1967 and 1968.
Today: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 83. Southwest wind 7 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. Southwest wind around 6 mph becoming light and variable in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. Southeast wind 3 to 7 mph.
Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. East southeast wind around 6 mph.
Independence Day: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 82. Southeast wind 5 to 8 mph. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tuesday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Wednesday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 83.
Saturday’s High in Atlantic was 82. Our 24-hour (through 6:30-a.m. today) was 59. We received .02″ rain here at the KJAN studios, overnight. Last year on this date, the High was 63 and the Low was 58. The All-Time Record High for July 2nd in Atlantic, was 102 in 1911, and the All-Time Record Low was 45 in 1924 and 1959.
The month of June, 2017 in Atlantic was slightly warmer and drier than normal, but about average on the monthly Low. The average High in Atlantic was 85.3 degrees, while the average Low was 58.9. Rainfall for the month amounted to 2.9 inches. The warmest day was June 4th, at 94 degrees. The coolest morning was 44 degrees on the 26th. We received the most rain on June 14th, at .68 one-hundredths (nearly .7″).
The normal average High for Atlantic in June was 82.7 degrees, the average Low was 58.8, and rainfall would normally have been around 4.98 inches.
July typically averages a High of 85.8 degrees, a Low of 63.1, and rainfall of 4.62 inches.
Officials with the National Weather Service fanned out across Iowa Thursday to investigate areas where tornadoes struck Wednesday afternoon and evening. The results of their survey, released today (Friday), determined there were at least five, and possibly six twisters that touched down. Two of them occurred in Adair County.
The first began south of Stuart at around 4:12-p.m. Wednesday, and was rated an EF-0. It twisted its way across the countryside for seven miles with winds of up to 75 miles per hour, causing mainly tree damage, based on photographic evidence. The tornado dissipated at around 4:20-p.m.
The second tornado, rated an EF-1, was located 3-miles northwest of Carbon, in Adams County. It formed at about the time the twister near Stuart, ended, and had estimated peak winds of 80-to 90-mph. The Carbon twister was on the ground intermittently for 11-miles and was about 100-yards wide. It snapped some tree trunks and caused other forms of tree damage before ending at around 4:48-p.m.
Another tornado impacts parts of Adair and Madison Counties. It began at around 4:45-p.m., Wednesday 5.5-miles east/southeast of Greenfield, and packed winds of up to 93-mph as it trekked for nearly seven miles. Along the way it sheared the tops off of trees and caused some damage to outbuildings before ending at around 5:02-p.m.
Another EF-1 tornado, happened in Taylor County, about 5-miles south of Bedford, but initially touched down just south of town. It dropped to the ground at around 5:05-p.m. and tracked for about 7-miles with winds of 90-to 110-mph. It was also about 500-yards wide. It finally ended its tour at around 5:20-p.m., but not before causing severe damage to several homes and outbuildings, especially where the winds hit 110-miles per hour.
There were no injuries reported with the southwest Iowa storms, Wednesday. The other tornado happened in the eastern Iowa town of Pleasantville. It packed winds of up to 100-mph and was on the ground for 18-miles. It started just before 6-p.m. and ended a little before 6:30-p.m. The twister was about 200-yards wide and caused damage to power poles, homes, outbuildings and trees. The weather service says the twister may have lifted or cycled several times during its path of destruction.
6:10-p.m. Funnel cloud observed by a trained spotter 1 mile NE of Mapleton (Monona Co.)
6:54-p.m. 1” diameter hail (Quarter size) in Stanton
6:55-p.m. 2” hail (egg size) 2 miles NW of Little Sioux w/winds of 55-65mph.
7:01-p.m. 1” hail 3 miles W/SW of Pisgah
7:20-p.m. Thunderstorm winds gusting to 60mph in Westside (several 6” tree limbs down)
7:37-p.m. 1” hail reported 2 miles S. of Magnolia
7:46-p.m. 56mph wind gust W/SW of Glidden
8:05-p.m. 1” hail in Missouri Valley
9:50-p.m. Quarter to ping pong ball size hail reported 1 mile N/NW of Council Bluffs
9:54-p.m. Nickel size hail 5 miles NW of Underwood
10:00-p.m. Walnut to Ping-Pong ball size hail in Council Bluffs
10:45-p.m. Semi blown over 2 miles N/NW of Pacific Junction
10:45-p.m. Half dollar size hail 5 miles E/SE of Macedonia
10:50-p.m. 1” hail 3 miles W. of Pacific Junction
11:50-p.m. 1” hail in Essex
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Thunderstorms have loosed a barrage of hail on eastern Nebraska and western Iowa, shattering windshields, damaging roofs and shredding field crops and urban gardens.
Hailstones as big as baseballs were reported in the Omaha metropolitan area, including neighborhoods that had been clobbered by howling winds and tornadoes on June 16. Omaha Public Power District says power outages occurred overnight. At 5:15 a.m. Friday, the utility was reporting 170 Omaha customers without electricity.
Quarter-size hail damaged buildings and heavy rain flooded streets in Sioux City, Iowa.
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