Severe thunderstorms capable of producing tornadoes, large hail and damaging wind gusts will continue on Sunday in the nation's midsection. In addition, flooding rainfall is a huge concern in the south-central states. (MORE:Severe Weather Forecast|Flood Threat Forecast) On Saturday, there were mor...
Jul 27, 2018 Iowa Tornadoes Hit Unexpectedly, Causing Damage And Injuries A flurry of unexpected tornadoes swept through central Iowa, injuring at least 17 people, flattening buildings in three cities and forcing the evacuation of a hospital. ...
Many of those same states also are prone to tornadoes, especially during the spring, including a portion of the Central Plains extending from the Dakotas south into Oklahoma and Texas, said Jennifer Thompson, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Norman, Okla...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Seven people were killed, including two children, when several tornadoes swept through central Iowa, damaging buildings and knocking down trees and power lines, authorities said. Emergency management officials in Madison County said four were injured and six people were kill...
The PDS Watch wasn't the wrong call this week, we definitely did see some nasty tornadoes in Iowa. If it's really supposed to be bad weather, the PDS Watch will probably be tied to either a 'moderate' or 'high' risk of severe weather. ...
Governor Kim Reynolds proclaimed counties in Iowa to be a disaster because of severe weather. It is time to act on climate. Tornadoes tore through Marshalltown, Pella and Bondurant last Thursday as I got off work at the home, farm …Continue reading→ ...
Iowa averaged about 50 days of thunderstorm activity per year. As of 2015, the 30-year annual average of tornadoes in Iowa was 47. In 2008, twelve people were killed by tornadoes in Iowa, making it the deadliest year since 1968 and also the second most tornadoes in a year with 105, ma...
some of which produce hail, damaging winds and/or tornadoes. In Des Moines, roughly in the center of the state, over two-thirds of the 34.72 inches (88.2 cm) of rain falls from April through September, and about half the average annual precipitation falls from May through August, peaking ...
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We have had some serious storm warnings for my locality, but some of my friends further west suffered greatly in the tornadoes that hit their town and surrounding area. Thank you for caring. I love you all, Especially MD, AK, and my SFAM, KF. Also, RK. I truly hope and pray that ...