(Radio Iowa) – Severe weather caused power outages and property damage in northeast Iowa this weekend. According to Winneshiek County Emergency Management, the city of Calmar was especially hit hard, including the Northeast Iowa Community College campus. Homes, buildings and cars were damaged. In Decorah, a popular trail that runs along the Upper Iowa River was closed due to flooding and storm damage.

The National Weather Service office in La Crosse reports a line of storms that swept through northeast Iowa Saturday night and Sunday morning produced strong winds and heavy rain in Winneshiek and Allamakee Counties. Some buildings were damaged in Waukon and there was significant tree damage reported around Waukon’s City Park.

Many residents of northeast Iowa spent Sunday cleaning up after a round of severe weather swept through the area Saturday night into Sunday morning. At the height of the storm, about 12-thousand customers had lost power. Sean Snyder, Emergency Management Coordinator in Winneshiek County, said  “A lot of tree damage, a lot of downed power lines.”

“The City of Calmar was the hardest hit,” Snyder says. “NICC, South Winneshiek School District was hit as well as the residents of Calmar.” Snyder says there was structural damage to the Northeast Iowa Community College campus in Calmar. The Fidelity Bank will be closed today (Monday) due because of damage to the building on Calmar’s Main Street. Todd Shea with the National Weather Service office in La Crosse, Wisconsin, says their initial assessment is the damage in Calmar was caused by straight line winds.

“From what it appears from surveying and talking to officials in the area, we had just kind of a downburst or a swath of very intense thunderstorm winds that rolled through mainly the western and southern ends of the community,” Shea says. Calmar received three inches of rain as well. Nearly four inches fell in Decorah and storm damage closed a 13-mile bike trail around Decorah. In Allamakee County, a 60 mile an hour wind gust was recorded in Waukon and the Waukon City Park and Campground were damaged.

(Harlan, Iowa) – Severe storms brought straight-line winds of up to 80-mph Saturday night. Shelby6 County Emergency Management Coordinator Alex Londo reports the County was placed under a Servere Thunderstorm Warning at around 8:25 PM, with a special weather statement for the communities of Shelby, Tennant, and Harlan to shelter in place.

The storm sirens were sounded in those towns, as well as Elk Horn, as it passed through the county. The only damage that has been reported so far, Londo said, was trees and debris in the roadway throughout the county.

Crews were working on cleaning it up as well as restoring power to areas that have no power. Elsewhere, winds gusting up to 60 mph felled large trees and knocked out power in Lake View. The Harrison County EMA reports large, downed trees destroyed a couple of homes in Mondamin. Winds gusted up to 70 mph 2 miles west of Little Sioux, in Harrison County.

And, a 69 mph gust of wind was recorded by the AWOS one-mile west of Denison, at around 9-p.m.

Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. North wind around 10- 20 mph.
Tonight: Increasing clouds. A slight chance of rain. Low around 63.
Tomorrow: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 73. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. East southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 82.
Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82.

Yesterday’s high was 95 and the low was 68. We received .03″ rain overnight, at KJAN. This day last year the high was 91 and the low was 60. The all-time record high was 110 set in 1901. The record low was 42 in 1905. Sunrise this morning was at 6:06 a.m. and sunset tonight is 8:45 p.m.

9:02 PM 1 Mile W. of Denison, wind gust of 69 mph by the Automated Weather Observation System (AWOS)

9:20 PM Power outages reported in Portsmouth, parts of Harlan. Large trees down in Harlan. Reports of a single-vehicle accident with entrapment. Portsmouth Fire and Rescue responded. Winds estimated at 75-80 mph from a Portsmouth Volunteer Firefighter.

8:30 PM Thunderstorm wind damage in Mondamin (Harrison County). Emergency Management reports large downed trees destroying a couple of houses.

8:25-PM estimated 70 mph wind 2 miles W. of Little Sioux, in Harrison County (Report from CoOp NWS observer)

8:25 PM – 9:30 PM Winds up to 60 mph; Large trees down and power was out in Lake View (Sac County)

9:03 PM 63 mph peak wind gust at the Harlan Airport (AWOS)

Skyscan Forecast  Saturday, July 23, 2022  Chris Parks

HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING, for Heat Index values of up to 105-to 108-degrees. The Advisory begins for all but the far western counties at Noon, and beginning at 1-p.m. for the remaining area counties in the far western part of the state.

Today: Humid and mostly sunny. SW @ 20. High 99.

Tonight: Humid and partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain.  SW @ 15. Low 72.

Sunday: Mostly cloudy. N @ 15. High 85.

Sunday Night: Cloudy. Slight chance of rain. NNE @ 5-10. Low 64.

Monday: Cloudy. Chance of rain in the evening and overnight. SE @ 10. High 77.

Tuesday: Cloudy. Moderate chance of rain in the morning. S @ 10. High 85.

Yesterday’s high was 93 and the low was 68. This day last year the high was 89 and the low was 70. The all-time record high was 105 set in 1901. The record low was 45 in 1904 and 1956. Sunrise this morning is at 6:05 a.m. and sunset tonight is 8:46 p.m.

Today: Partly cloudy w/a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 7am. High around 95. SW @ 10-15. Heat index values as high as 100.
Tonight: P/Cldy. Low around 75. South wind 5.
Tomorrow: **HEAT ADVISORY Saturday afternoon and evening** P/Cldy to cloudy & breezy, w/a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. High 100. Heat index values as high as 103. SW @ 15-25 mph.
Sunday: A slight chance of showers & thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a High of 86.
Monday: P/Cldy to cloudy w/a chance of showers and thunderstorms. High 84.

Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 91. The Low was 63. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 84 and the Low was 69. The Record High on this date was 109 in 1901. The Record Low was 45 in 1956.

Today: Mostly sunny. High 93. S @ 10-15 mph.
Tonight: P/Cldy w/isolated showers & thunderstorms possible, late. Low 70. S @ 5.
Tomorrow: Isolated morning shwrs & tstrms; P/Cldy. High 95. SW 10.
Saturday: P/Cldy w/late day tstrms. High 98.
Sunday: Mo.Cldy w/scattered shwrs/tstrms. High 86.

Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 89. The Low was 58. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 85 and the Low was 57. The Record High on this date was 107 in 1934. The Record Low was 44 in 1894.

Today: Mostly sunny. High near 90. NW-SW @ 10-15 mph.
Tonight: Fair to P/Cldy. Low 67. SW @ 5.
Tomorrow: Mo. Sunny. High 93. SW @ 10-15.
Friday: Cldy to P/Cldy w/isolated [early] showers & thunderstorms. High 95.
Saturday: P/Cldy w/isolated late shwrs & tstrms. High 98.

Tuesday’s High in Atlantic was 92. The Low was 62. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 85 and the Low was 56. The Record High on this date was 109 in 1934. The Record Low was 44 in 1953.

(Radio Iowa) – The latest Iowa crop and weather report from the U-S-D-A suggests drought conditions will expand in northwest Iowa this week. The U.S. Drought Monitor’s measurements last Tuesday indicated parts of Plymouth, Cherokee and Woodbury Counties were in extreme drought and much of northwest Iowa were classified as in severe or moderate drought. The state climatologist says while there were heavy rains in northeast Iowa last week, the remainder of the state was drier than normal and the rainfall deficit is approaching an inch in many areas.

Weekly rainfall was just a hundredth of an inch at several reporting stations in northwest and southwest Iowa. The U-S-D-A rates 81 percent of Iowa’s corn crop in good or excellent condition, while just over three quarters of Iowa soybeans have a condition rating of good or excellent.

Today: Mostly sunny. High 95. SW winds @ 10-20mph becoming NW, late.
Tonight: Fair to P/Cldy. Low around 68. NW @ 10.
Tomorrow: Mo. Sunny, with a high near 90. NW-S @ 5-10.
Thursday: P/Cldy. High 93.
Friday: P/Cldy. High near 95.

Monday’s High in Atlantic was 88. The Low was 61. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 86 and the Low was 58. The Record High on this date was 110 in 1934. The Record Low was 47 in 1891 & 1947.