Officials with the National Weather Service, Monday, released preliminary information on four tornadoes that affected southwest and eastern Iowa, Saturday afternoon. The first touched down five miles southeast of Bridgewater was an EF-1, with winds of up to 95 miles per hour.  A storm survey team from the Weather Service determined the tornado developed at around 1:59-p.m. in far northern Adams County (about 8.6-miles north/northeast of Prescott), and caused minor damage to a farmstead before entering Adair County. Much of the twister’s path then remained across open farmland, but one farmstead outbuilding was hit.

The tornado – which was 80 yards wide at the maximum – traveled about 4.5-miles before it eventually lifted about 3-miles south of Fontanelle, at around 2:15 p.m., Saturday. No injuries were reported.  A second, unrated/unknown strength tornado, occurred later Saturday afternoon in Marshall County. The National Weather Service says it developed at around 4:26-p.m. about 2.5-miles south of Rhodes, and ended approximately 1.8-miles south of Rhodes about one minute later. It was a little over three-quarters of a mile wide at the most, and moved primarily through rural farmland. A third tornado happened six-miles south of Hudson, in Black Hawk County, and was also an unrated/unknown strength. It was about 40-yards wide at the maximum, and traveled about one-mile in a rural area before lifted approximately one-minute later, five-miles south of Hudson.

The fourth and final tornado, an EF-0, packed 85 mph winds and traveled just under two-miles. It started at around 5:49-p.m. three-miles northeast of Hudson and ended two-minutes later 1 mile south of Waterloo. It was about 50-yards wide at the maximum. Officials say it developed just south of Waterloo in a farm field and moved quickly northeast, where it removed and overturned the roof of an open pole barn and demolished a small, nearby garage.  The twister continued on a northeasterly path before dissipating in an open field just south of Highway 20.

Today: Partly cloudy to cloudy. High 65. SE @ 10.

Tonight: P/Cldy to Cldy. Low 42. SEW @ 5-10.

Tomorrow: P/Cldy to Cldy. High 68. S @ 10-20.

Thursday: Mostly cloudy w/showers. High 62.

Friday: Mo. Cldy w/rain. High 49.

Monday’s High in Atlantic was 69. Our Low was 25. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 47 and the Low was 20. The record High for March 31st in Atlantic, was 87 in 2012. The Record Low was 12 in 1924.

Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 59. Our (24-hour) Low this morning was 24 (ending at 7-a.m.). Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 43 and the Low was 18. The record High for March 30th in Atlantic, was 87 in 1968. The Record Low was 8 in 1964.

**WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 1-p.m.**

Early this morning: Partly cloudy, with a low around 35. Windy, with a west northwest wind around 25 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph.

Today: Sunny, with a high near 56. Windy, with a west northwest wind 20 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph.

Tonight: Clear, with a low around 32. West northwest wind 6 to 11 mph becoming light northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 61. Calm wind becoming east 5 to 9 mph in the morning.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 60.

Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 62.

Saturday’s High in Atlantic was 69. The Low was 37. We received .05″ rain in Atlantic. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 46 and the Low was 34. The Record High here on March 29th, was 90 in 1986. The Record Low was 5 in 1969.

Skyscan Forecast  Saturday, March 28, 2020  Dan Hicks

Today: Fog early, then variable cloudiness. Showers and thunderstorms. S @ 15-25, shifting to the W. High 63.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Windy and cooler. Light rain. NW @ 20-40. Low 37.

Sunday: Mostly cloudy in the morning, then partly cloudy. NW @ 20-35, diminishing in the afternoon. High 51.

Monday: Partly cloudy. High 59.

Tuesday: Mostly cloudy. High 59.

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The National Weather Service has added four “virtual” NWS spotter training sessions over the next few weeks.  Three of the classes will be held in the evening & one during the daytime.  All will be conducted via GoToWebinar & will require registration.  The training sessions will be held Thursday, April 2nd (1-230 PM); Tuesday, April 7th (8-830 PM); Thursday, April 9th (7-830 PM); and Monday, April 13th (7-830 PM). 

You can see additional information, including registration, at the following link.

Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 60. Our Low was 42. Last year on this date, the High was 72 and the Low was 41. The Record High for March 27th in Atlantic was 85 in 1895. The record Low was 6 in 1894.

Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 58. Our Low this morning (as of 4:50-a.m) was 42. Last year on this date, the High was 59 and the Low was 34. The Record High for March 26th in Atlantic was 88 in 1907. The record Low was -2 in 1955.

Tuesday’s High in Atlantic was 55. Our Low 42. Last Year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 51 and the Low was 32. The Record High on March 25th was 91 in 1907. The Record Low 5, in 1894.

Today: Areas of fog this morning; Mostly cloudy. High near 51. SE @ 10.

Tonight: Partly cloudy-to-cloudy. Low 38. S @ 5.

Tomorrow: P/Cldy to Cldy w/a chance of showers (mainly in the afternoon). High around 60. S @ 10-20.

Thursday: Mo. Cldy w/a slight chance of rain. High 48.

Friday: Mo. Cldy w/a chance of rain. High around 50.

Monday’s High in Atlantic was 47. Our Low was 37. Last Year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 49 and the Low 36. The Record High on March 24th was 83 in 1967. The Record Low was -2 in 1974.