Some relatively cool conditions have settled over Iowa to end the month of June, similar to the way the month started. But, State Climatologist Harry Hillaker says it was extremely hot nearly every other day. “Overall, it’ll probably end up being just a little bit shy of being four degrees warmer than a typical June, which may not sound like a lot, but we’d probably have to go back to 1988 to find a June that averaged warmer than this one did,” Hillaker says.

The average High in Atlantic thru the 29^th, was 87.4-degrees, which was 4.7-degrees warmer than normal. Statewide, the average temperature for June will wind up being close to 74 degrees, also about 4 degrees warmer than normal.

Statewide, the average temperature for June will wind up being close to 74 degrees. Hillaker expects this will likely be the 11th-hottest June in Iowa in 144 years of records. In Des Moines, temperatures reached the 90s on 13 of June’s 30 days. “We had only one location in the state that managed to get to triple digits during June and that was the town of Little Sioux, between Council Bluffs and Sioux City on the Nebraska border. They hit an even 100 degrees on June 11,” Hillaker says.

The average low for the month of June in Atlantic (through June 29^th, was 61.5-degrees, which is 2.7-degrees warmer than normal. Rainfall amounts over the month varied widely, with the heaviest totals in northeast Iowa.

“Some areas up there had well above normal precipitation for the month. A few places are over 10 inches of rainfall for June, which would be roughly about double the usual amount,” Hillaker says. Other areas of the state received very little rain in June. “The west-central and southeast corners of the state saw less than an inch of rain for the full month,” Hillaker says. “June is usually the most reliable month of the year for rainfall, so to get less than an inch is quite unusual,” Hillaker said.

In Atlantic, thru June 29^th, we received just eight-tenths of an inch of rain. Normally, we would have received 4.98-inches. The U.S. Drought Monitor indicates “moderate drought conditions” exist over southeast Iowa and most of southern Iowa is abnormally dry.

(Radio Iowa/KJAN weather data)

• KJAN, Atlantic  .1″
• 7 Miles NNE of Atlantic  .13″
• Atlantic Airport  .27″
• Neola  1.2″ (nickel to quarter sized hail and tornado touch down about 3 miles NW of Tri-Center HS)
• Missouri Valley  .95″
• Woodbine  .3″
• Logan  .42″
• Persia  .67″
• Irwin  .11″
• Audubon  .15″
• Red Oak  .18″
• Harlan  .07″
• Shenandoah  .42″
• Treynor  1.5″
• Bedford  .2″
• Clarinda  .1″
• Panora  .65″
• Adair  .36″
• Stuart  .06″
• Schleswig  2.2″
• Kiron  2.6″
• Carroll Airport  3.47″

Today: Mostly cloudy with scattered showers & thunderstorms. High 83. SE-N @ 10.

Tonight: Showers ending. Becoming P/Cldy. Low around 58.
Tomorrow: Partly Cloudy. High near 80. E @ 5-10.

Saturday: Mo. Cldy w/showers. High near 76.

Sunday/Monday: P/Cldy. Highs around 80.

Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 82. We received .10” rain over the past 24-hours ending at 7-a.m. today. Our 24-hour Low thru 7-a.m. today was 63. Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 78 and the low was 62. The All-time Record High in Atlantic on this date was 101 in 1933. The Record Low was 43 in 1940.

MONTGOMERY IA-
633 AM CDT THU JUN 30 2016

…SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY AND NORTHEASTERN PAGE COUNTIES UNTIL 645 AM CDT…

AT 632 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER VILLISCA…OR 12 MILES WEST OF CORNING…MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…VILLISCA.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 34 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 48 AND 51.

TAYLOR IA-ADAMS IA-
627 AM CDT THU JUN 30 2016

…INTENSIFYING STORM MAY PRODUCE DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL…

AT 627 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER VILLISCA…OR 13 MILES WEST OF CORNING…MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
BEDFORD…LENOX…NEW MARKET…CLEARFIELD…GRAVITY…NODAWAY…
SHARPSBURG…CONWAY…LAKE OF THREE FIRES STATE PARK AND BEDFORD
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN DES MOINES .

(Updated) — Heavy rain falling over parts of northwest and western Iowa overnight into early this (Thursday) morning, prompted the National Weather Service to issue a flash flood warning for Woodbury County. That warning has since expired. The service said early today (Thursday), that up to 3 inches of rain already had fallen and that thunderstorms in the area were expected to drop heavy rain.

Severe thunderstorms moved through much of western Iowa Wednesday evening, spawning at least one confirmed tornado. The service says the twister touched down near Persia, in Harrison County. Another tornado was observed not far from the Tri-Center High School, in Neola. No structural damage or injuries have been reported, however, hail ranging in size from nickels to quarters, and strong, straight-line winds flattened some corn and soybean field north of Neola, where they received more than an inch of rain.

And, hail up to the size of golf balls was reported three miles southwest of Underwood.

454 AM CDT THU JUN 30 2016

…GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL POSSIBLE THROUGH 6 AM CDT…

A LINE OF STORMS STRETCHING FROM NEAR IDA GROVE SOUTHEASTWARD TO CARROLL AND COON RAPIDS…WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH 6 AM CDT. GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH…SMALL HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES…AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. SOME LOCALIZED PONDING OF WATER IS POSSIBLE FROM THE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL.

334 AM CDT THU JUN 30 2016

...NICKEL HAIL POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CARROLL COUNTY...

AT 334 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
CARROLL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CARROLL...COON RAPIDS...GLIDDEN...DEDHAM...HALBUR...LIDDERDALE...
WILLEY...ARTHUR N NEU AIRPORT AND SWAN LAKE STATE PARK.

Early This Morning: Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of thunderstorms. South wind near 10 mph.

Today: Partly sunny with a 40 percent chance of thunderstorms. High in the lower 80s. Southwest wind near 5 mph shifting to the northwest in the afternoon.

Tonight: Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of thunderstorms in the evening. Low in the upper 50s. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Friday: Mostly sunny. High in the upper 70s. East wind 5 to 10 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Low in the upper 50s. East wind 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday: Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of thunderstorms. High in the mid 70s. East wind 5 to 15 mph.

Saturday Night: Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of thunderstorms. Low in the upper 50s.

Sunday: Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of thunderstorms. High in the mid 70s.

648 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…

WEST CENTRAL POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 648 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER UNDERWOOD…OR 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF OMAHA…MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

UNDERWOOD AND MCCLELLAND. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 8 AND 20.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING.