HULL, Iowa (AP) – Many in northwest Iowa spent Monday cleaning up after a severe thunderstorm hit Sioux County.  The Sioux County Sheriff’s Office says trees, branches and power lines were knocked down during the storm as it passed over Hull, Hawarden and Boyden on Sunday night.  The Sioux City Journal reports several homes were hit by downed trees but that no injuries were reported. Officials say wind gusts up to 70 miles per hour were also reported and some residents lost power for about three hours.

Today…Sunny. High in the mid 70s. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.

Tonight…Mostly clear. Low in the upper 40s. North wind 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph through midnight.

Wednesday…Mostly sunny. High in the upper 60s. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday Night…Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and isolated thunderstorms through midnight…then showers likely and isolated thunderstorms after midnight. Low around 50. East wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.

Thursday…Showers and isolated thunderstorms. Cooler. High in the mid 50s. Northeast wind around 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph. Chance of precipitation 80 percent.

Thursday Night…Cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers. Low in the upper 40s.

Friday…Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers. Warmer. High in the upper 60s.

Friday Night And Saturday…Partly cloudy. Low in the lower 50s. High in the mid 70s.

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Atlantic set a new record for the highest temperature recorded in the City for May 27th, Sunday. The temperature at the KJAN studios (the official National Weather Service reporting site for Atlantic), reached 92-degrees, which beat the old record of 91 set in 1931.

The National Weather Service said record high temps were also broken Sunday in Mason City, which reached 93-degrees (the old record was 91 in 1980), and in Des Moines, which reached 91-degrees (The old record was 90, in 1977).

The forecast for Memorial Day calls for mostly sunny skies, and highs across the area in the low 80’s, which would be considerably lower than the record high of 95 set in Atlantic on May 28th, 1895.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 304 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS: IN WESTERN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES – OF CRAWFORD, HARRISON, SAC, SHELBY & MONONA.

IN ADDITION, A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TONIGHT FOR MONONA COUNTY.

IN NEBRASKA THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES 21 COUNTIES

BURT, BUTLER, DODGE, DOUGLAS, SARPY, SAUNDERS, WASHINGTON, ANTELOPE, BOONE, CEDAR, COLFAX, CUMING, MADISON

PIERCE, PLATTE, STANTON, THURSTON, WAYNE, LANCASTER, SALINE & SEWARD.

SKYSCAN FORECAST                     Saturday May 26, 2012           Chris Parks     

Today: Partly sunny.  Breezy SSE @ 10-20mph w/ gusts up to 25mph.  H 90.

Tonight: Partly cloudy.  S @ 10-15 w/ gusts up to 25mph.  L 71.

Sunday: Mostly sunny.  Windy.  S @ 10-15 increasing to 20-25mph w/ gust up to 30mph.  H 92.

Memorial Day: Slight chance showers and t’storms in morning.  Mostly sunny.  SSW @ 10-15.  H 79.

Tuesday: Mostly Sunny.  H 75.

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407 AM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012

TODAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING…THEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S. EAST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 50 PERCENT.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. WARMER. LOW IN THE MID 60S. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH.

SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. BREEZY…WARMER. HIGH AROUND 90. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH.

SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW AROUND 70. SOUTH WIND AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.

SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. BREEZY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTH WIND 15 TO 25 MPH.

SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE UPPER 60S.

MEMORIAL DAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. NOT AS WARM. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S.

MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S.

Strong thunderstorms which crossed the Missouri River from Nebraska into western Iowa, Wednesday evening caused some minor tree damage in Crawford County. The National Weather Service said today (Thursday), a number of trees in a grove north of Ricketts where either downed, or lost large limbs, when estimated winds gusting up to 65-miles per hour blew through the area. The winds, which occurred at around 7:10-p.m, also caused the formation of a “gustnado,” a short-lived, low-level rotating cloud. They typically last for anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes, and are often confused with tornados. The difference is, the rotating column of air does not extend upward, into the thunderstorm cloud base.

The storm also produced nickel-sized hail a few minutes after the winds occurred.

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