(Radio Iowa) – Storm damage is scattered from one end of Iowa to the other after severe weather rolled through late Monday night and early this (Tuesday) morning. National Weather Service meteorologist Alex Krull says at least a dozen counties are reporting damage to trees, roofs and farm outbuildings, with some of the worst of it being found in Hamilton County. “We had some strong winds, anywhere between 60 and 70 miles per hour, that resulted in some downed power lines as well as grain bin damage,” Krull says. “We’re also looking at the potential for other tree damage that may have occurred in the county. We had some isolated reports of hail up to about quarter size with some of the initial storms that went up in northern Iowa.”
While it is tornado season in Iowa, Krull says it appears all of the damage from this storm was caused by straight-line winds. “We’ve not had any reports of tornadoes or suspect any of the damage was caused by a tornado, therefore we do not anticipate doing any surveys,” Krull says. “We will be calling emergency managers and other core partners to get more damage reports. If we do suspect that there is anything that may have been tornadic, then that would require sending crews out.”
Hamilton County Sheriff Doug Timmons says it was a rough night and clean-up is well underway. “We had a lot of tree damage, some structural damage to machine sheds, a little bit of roof damage to residential, some grain bins destroyed, a lot of power lines laying on the roads and power poles knocked over,” Timmons says, “but the biggest thing is that we’ve had no injuries reported.”
While some Iowa cities had high temperatures Monday in the 80s and low 90s, cooler weather is coming behind the storms that should mean highs by Wednesday only in the 60s and 70s.
(Audubon, Iowa) – Severe thunderstorms with high winds caused damage to cattle barns Monday evening, in Audubon County. The National Weather Service says the damage happened about 2-miles east-southeast of Audubon, a little before 5-p.m. No one was hurt, and no animals were harmed. Thunderstorms passing through the area were packing winds of 60-to 70-miles per hour.
The Weather Service says an automated weather observation device 2-miles east of Harlan, recorded a non-thunderstorm 58-mph gust of wind, at around 5:45-p.m.
Today: Partly cloudy. High near 80. NW @ 10-15 mph.
Tonight: Fair to Partly cloudy. Low 48. NW @ 10.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy to Cldy w/a chance of scattered afternoon showers. High 70. N @ 10.
Thursday: Mo. Sunny. High 75.
Friday: P/Cldy. High around 78.
Monday’s High in Atlantic was 85. Our Low this morning was 60. We received .56″ rain at KJAN in Atlantic, Monday evening and night. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 77 and the Low was 49. The Record High on this date was 101 in 1934. The Record Low was 31 in 1897.
Today (Memorial Day): Scattered showers & thunderstorms this morning; Becoming P/Cldy. High 88. SW @ 20-35. Wind Advisory from Noon until 8-p.m.
Tonight: Partly cloudy w/scatt. Shwrs & tstrms. Low 70. S @ 10-15.
Tomorrow: Showers ending; P/Cldy. High 78. NW @ 10-15.
Wednesday: Mo. Cldy. High near 70.
Thursday: Mo. Sunny. High around 73.
Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 85. Our Low was 67. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 64 and the Low was 45. The Record High on this date was 105 in 1934. The Record Low was 33 in 1930.
Today and tonight: A few thunderstorms are possible this morning though the severe weather threat is low. More widespread storms are expected to develop late this afternoon and into the overnight. Severe storms with large hail, damaging wind gusts and a few tornadoes are possible.
A Wind Advisory is in effect for the area today.
Tuesday through Sunday: There is a slight risk for severe storms on Tuesday over southeast Iowa. Thunderstorms are also in the forecast for Wednesday and Wednesday night over southern Iowa and again for much of the area by next weekend.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT…
Spotter activation is possible later today and tonight.
Today: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8am. Partly sunny, with a high near 89. Windy, with a south wind 18 to 26 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 1am and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. Windy, with a south wind 18 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Memorial Day: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 88. Windy, with a south wind 18 to 23 mph increasing to 26 to 31 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 39 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. Windy, with a south southwest wind 19 to 24 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 36 mph. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Tuesday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. South southwest wind 8 to 13 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 68.
Saturday’s High in Atlantic was 88 and the low was 67. We received .02″ rain over the 24-hour period that ended at 7-a.m. today. This day last year the high in Atlantic was 66 and the low was 38. The all-time record high for today was 104 set in 1934. The record low was 29 set in 1947. Sunrise this morning was at 5:50 a.m. and sunset tonight is 8:44 p.m.
Skyscan Forecast Saturday, May 28, 2022 Austin Romer
Today: Partly cloudy. S @ 20. High 84.
Tonight: Clouds increasing. S @ 20. Low 67.
Sunday: Mostly cloudy. Windy. S @ 25. High 88.
Sunday Night: Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. S @ 15-20. Low 69.
Memorial Day: Sunny then a moderate chance of rain in the evening. S @ 20. High 89.
Tuesday: Strong chance of rain in the morning. Cooling throughout the day. SW @ 15. High 76.
Yesterday’s high was 78 and the low was 43. This day last year the high was 52 and the low was 36. The all-time record high for today was 97 set in 2018. The record low was 29 set in 1894. Sunrise this morning was at 5:50 a.m. and sunset tonight is 8:44 p.m.
Today: Areas of fog this morning, otherwise mostly sunny. High 75. S @ 5-10 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy. Low around 58. S/SE @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy & windy. High 83. S @ 15-25 w/gusts to around 30.
Sunday: P/Cldy. High around 90.
Memorial Day: P/Cldy w/a slight chance of showers & thunderstorms. High around 90.
Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 57. Our Low this morning, 42. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 73 and the Low was 44. The Record High on this date was 100 in 2018. The Record Low was 31 in 1907.
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