AREA COUNTIES:SAC-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-
443 AM CDT SUN JUL 13 2014

…PATCHY DENSE FOG IN EARLY MORNING HOURS…

PATCHY DENSE FOG HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS THE AREA IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SUNDAY AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE GENERALLY ABOVE ONE MILE…THOUGH LOCALIZED AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE VISIBILITIES OF ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. DUE TO THE PATCHY NATURE OF THE DENSE FOG…IF YOU ARE TRAVELING PREPARE FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING VISIBILITIES. USE EXTRA
CAUTION…AND SLOW DOWN.

346 AM CDT SUN JUL 13 2014

…RECORD LOWS TUESDAY……RECORD LOWS WEDNESDAY…

EARLY THIS MORNING…PARTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG. WEST WIND NEAR 5 MPH.

TODAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. PATCHY FOG THROUGH MID MORNING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE MID 80S. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 20 PERCENT.

TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT…THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE LOWER 60S. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.

MONDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED SHOWERS THROUGH MID MORNING…THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS BEFORE NOON. COOLER. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. NORTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF SHOWERS 30 PERCENT.

MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW AROUND 50. HIGH IN THE LOWER 70S. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.

TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGH IN THE LOWER 70S.

THE SEVERE STORMS PREDICATION CENTER HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH #411 IN EFFECT FROM 5-PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT, SAT. JUL 12TH

IOWA COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE:

ADAMS APPANOOSE BENTON CEDAR CLARKE CLINTON DAVIS DECATUR DES MOINES HENRY IOWA JACKSON JASPER JEFFERSON JOHNSON JONES KEOKUK LEE LINN LOUISA LUCAS MADISON MAHASKA MARION MONROE MUSCATINE POLK POWESHIEK RINGGOLD SCOTT TAYLOR UNION VAN BUREN WAPELLO WARREN WASHINGTON & WAYNE.

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
530 AM CDT SAT JUL 12 2014
CRAWFORD IA-CARROLL IA-SAC IA-CALHOUN IA-
530 AM CDT SAT JUL 12 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT
SATURDAY FOR CRAWFORD...CARROLL...SOUTHERN SAC AND SOUTHWESTERN
CALHOUN COUNTIES...

AT 529 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO BE ONGOING.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CARROLL...DENISON...LAKE CITY...GLIDDEN...LAKE VIEW...ODEBOLT...BLACK
HAWK LAKE...SCHLESWIG...WALL LAKE...DOW CITY...CHARTER OAK...
ARCADIA...BREDA...VAIL...AUBURN...WESTSIDE...KIRON...DELOIT...HALBUR
AND LIDDERDALE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

Today: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 4pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 86. East wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon.

Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north northeast in the evening.

Sunday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. North wind 5 to 10 mph.

Monday: A slight chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. Breezy, with a north northwest wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 70.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 74.

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CHICAGO (AP) – Unseasonably cool temperatures will arrive next week in the Midwest and as far south as Arkansas and Oklahoma. It is not, however, the second coming of a polar vortex, something the National Weather Service says it regrets tweeting earlier this week.

Weather Underground meteorology director Jeff Masters says the weather pattern is similar to those dreaded words, but the key difference is that the chilly air mass isn’t coming directly from the arctic.

Masters says that Typhoon Neoguri in Japan altered the path of the jet stream and allowed polar air to spill out of Canada. That means next week’s temperatures will be as much as 15 degrees cooler than normal in the Midwest and could reach 90 in the normally temperate Pacific Northwest.

GUTHRIE IA-AUDUBON IA-CARROLL IA-GREENE IA-
659 AM CDT FRI JUL 11 2014

…STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN…

AT 659 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF
AUDUBON TO 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF ATLANTIC…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
AUDUBON…GUTHRIE CENTER…COON RAPIDS…LAKE PANORAMA…EXIRA…
SCRANTON…BAYARD…BAGLEY…DEDHAM…YALE…RALSTON…GRAY…LAKIN
SLOUGH GAME MANAGEMENT AREA…AUDUBON COUNTY AIRPORT AND SPRINGBROOK
STATE PARK.

GUTHRIE IA-CASS IA-MADISON IA-ADAIR IA-ADAMS IA-
648 AM CDT FRI JUL 11 2014

…STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF SMALL HAIL…

AT 648 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11
MILES NORTHEAST OF LAKE ICARIA…OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
GREENFIELD…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
GREENFIELD…STUART…FONTANELLE…DEXTER…ORIENT…MASSENA…
MENLO…BRIDGEWATER…GREENFIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND NODAWAY PARK.

Moisture returns to the region Friday and into the weekend with a series of disturbances combined with a stationary boundary expected to stall across central Iowa tonight (Friday) through Sunday. The National Weather Service says that combination will provide periods of thunderstorms late tonight through Sunday. The greatest chance for thunderstorms with heavy rain and severe weather will be Scattered thunderstorms central and north today will become numerous across the state tonight.

Thunderstorms are expected again Saturday in to Saturday evening. Some of the storms may be severe, producing heavy rain, high winds, and hail this afternoon in the west, and over the state Saturday afternoon and evening. Isolated thunderstorms are possible Sunday into Monday, followed by sharply cooler temperatures more typical of mid May on Tuesday.

COUNTIES: TAYLOR IA-UNION IA-ADAIR IA-RINGGOLD IA-ADAMS IA-
615 AM CDT FRI JUL 11 2014
…THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL EXPECTED…

AT 614 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR LAKE ICARIA TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BEDFORD…AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
CRESTON…MOUNT AYR…CORNING…BEDFORD…LENOX…GREEN VALLEY
LAKE…LAKE ICARIA…CLEARFIELD…DIAGONAL…PRESCOTT…BLOCKTON…
GRAVITY…CROMWELL…SHARPSBURG…REDDING…SHANNON CITY…KENT…
BENTON…CONWAY AND CARBON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS…AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.