Today: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 60. South wind 7 to 10 mph. *Freeze Warning until 9-a.m.**
Tonight: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. East wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tomorrow: A 20 percent chance of showers before 8am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 56. East wind 7 to 11 mph.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 61.
Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 68.
Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 52. Our 24-hour Low was 24. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 57 and the Low was 37. The Record High on this date was 91 in 1989. The Record Low was 9 in 1956. Sunrise is at 6:27. Sunset at 8:10.
Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 51. Northwest wind 5 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
Tonight: **Freeze Watch in effect from midnight thru 9-a.m. Monday**Partly cloudy, with a low around 30. Northwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming southeast after midnight.
Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61. South southeast wind 7 to 9 mph.
Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. East wind 6 to 9 mph.
Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 60.
Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 61.
Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 43 and the low was 24. We had a trace of snow Saturday, and some “Grauple,” which amounted to a dusting on the grassy surfaces. This day last year the high was 77 and the low was 42. The all-time record high was 88 set in 1950 and the record low was 19 set in 1893. Sunrise is at 6:29 a.m. and sunset is at 8:09 p.m.
Skyscan Forecast Saturday, April 22, 2023 Dan Hicks
Today: Partly cloudy to cloudy w/ isolated snow flurries this morning. Partly cloudy this afternoon. NW @ 10-20. High 47.
Tonight: Mostly clear. Diminishing winds. Freezing temperatures across entire area. Low 23.
Sunday: Mostly sunny. Variable winds 5-10. High 50.
Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy. NW @ 5-10 becoming SE. Low 32.
Monday: Partly cloudy to cloudy. High 58.
Tuesday: Partly cloudy to cloudy. A few isolated showers. High 58.
Yesterday’s high was 46 and the low was 32. This day last year the high was 80 and the low was 57. The all-time record high was 90 set in 1980 and the record low was 20 set in 1936. Sunrise is at 6:30 a.m. and sunset is at 8:08 p.m.
Today: A 20 percent chance of showers after 3pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 47. Windy, with a west wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to 17 to 22 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 26 mph.
Tonight: A 20 percent chance of showers before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Blustery, with a northwest wind around 16 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Saturday: **FREEZE WARNING in effect from 1-a.m. until 9-a.m.**Mostly cloudy, with a high near 45. Windy, with a northwest wind 17 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.
Saturday Night: **FREEEZE WATCH in effect Saturday evening through Sunday morning**Partly cloudy, with a low around 24. North northwest wind 6 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 53.
Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32.
Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 60.
Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 55. Out Low this morning, 33. We received .02″ rain yesterday (after 7-a.m.). Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 67 and the Low was 37. The Record High on this date was 88 in 1980. The Record Low was 16 in 1907.
(Radio Iowa) – Damage assessment teams from the National Weather Service are being dispatched to multiple locations in western Iowa after severe thunderstorms last (Wednesday) night spun off at least three suspected tornadoes. Meteorologist Dylan Dodson, at the weather service office in metro Des Moines, says they don’t have any reports of significant tornado damage, at least not yet. “There were a couple of tornadoes. We don’t have an exact number yet,” Dodson says. “Obviously, there’s going to be surveys that go out for those, but yes, there were a few tornadoes out in western Iowa that were reported.”
Tornadoes are believed to have touched down near Macedonia, Sidney and Thurman, while a funnel cloud was also spotted in the skies near Kiron, though it may not have reached the ground. There are scattered hail reports from Sioux City all the way across Iowa to Dubuque, while baseball-sized hail dinged roofs, shattered windows, destroyed siding and wrecked vehicles in Crawford County. “Most of our hail remained fairly low-end, but there were some bigger sizes out in the west, especially,” Dodson says. “We saw some three-inch hail out there, and then over kind of more in central Iowa, we saw a few reports of inch hail, so about quarter- to maybe half dollar-size.”
North English reported getting more than two inches of rain during the cloudburst, while winds in central Iowa peaked at 62 miles an hour. “The strongest report that we’ve seen so far was at the Des Moines Airport. That was the strongest recorded that we had,” Dodson says. “There were others that were a little bit lower than that, around that 50-mile per hour, maybe 55-mile per hour range.”
Spring arrived on the 20th of March, exactly a month ago, yet Dodson says there’s still snow in the forecast on Friday for parts of northwest and north-central Iowa.
(Radio Iowa) – A report from a national agricultural organization says climate change is already impacting the production of Iowa’s key crops and it offers dire predictions for a more challenging future. John Piotti, president and C-E-O of American Farmland Trust, says shifts in rainfall patterns that bring extremes like drought and flooding, are combining with warmer weather to make it very difficult — if not impossible — to continue the way we currently farm.
The report says 80-percent of our cropland is at risk due to rising temperatures and rainfall changes. By 2040, the report projects only 33-percent of the acres now devoted to corn are likely to remain highly productive with the current corn varieties. Piotti says with the right tools and support, agricultural producers can continue to adapt to climate changes and help reverse the trends.
To ward off the worst impacts of climate change, Piotti says farmers and non-farmers can work to limit global warming and to increase the resiliency and profitability of farmland.
(Multiple area counties) – Large hail and heavy rain pummeled parts of western and southwest Iowa, Wednesday evening through late Wednesday night. Some areas also saw street flooding as the result of heavy rain. There was photographic evidence of funnel clouds spinning their way downward. Some reached the ground, officially becoming a tornado.
National Weather Service reports and posts on social media showed the extent of the hail damage, which was most severe in Mills, Crawford and Sac Counties, where hail ranging in size from quarters to tennis balls and baseballs, fell and caused heavy damage to vehicles, siding and other property. Widespread hail damage reports came in from Ricketts, Kiron, Schleswig and Charter Oak, inc Crawford County, while just pea-size hail was observed a little after 7:30-p.m., in Atlantic.
Street flooding was reported at some locations in Mills and Pottawattamie Counties. KETV in Omaha says the Classic Café in Malvern had its roof pounded by hail the size of golf balls, and was forced to deal with severe leaking. The restaurant’s owner said water came down so hard it seemed like it was raining inside, but when the storm hit, her staff sprung into action and used everything available to them to capture the leaks and mop-up.
Tornados were observed near Macedonia, Sidney and Thurman, while multiple funnels clouds were observed elsewhere, including as far north as Kiron, in Sac County. There were no reports of injuries stemming from the recent storms. (Click on the images below to enlarge). Parts of eastern Nebraska also experienced damage from large hail.
Mills County, via the Mills County Scanner Facebook Page 
Crawford County EMA Photo
Crawford County EMA Photo
Crawford County EMA Photo
Mills County, via the Mills County Scanner Facebook Page
Today: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 10am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 58. Windy, with a west northwest wind 14 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 36. West wind 7 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Friday: Increasing clouds, with a high near 51. Windy, with a west wind 14 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.
Saturday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 46. Windy.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 53.
Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 74. Our Low 55. 24-hour Rainfall amounted to 1.13″ at the KJAN studios. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 51 and the Low was 37. The Record High on this date was 90 in 1902. The Record Low was 18in 1956.
0806 PM TORNADO 3 S KIRON 42.15N 95.32W 04/19/2023 CRAWFORD IA STORM CHASER
0803 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 3 SSW KIRON 42.15N 95.34W 04/19/2023 CRAWFORD IA PUBLIC SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD, UNSURE OF TORNADO DEVELOPMENT AT TIME OF REPORT.
0722 PM HAIL CHARTER OAK 42.07N 95.59W 04/19/2023 E2.75 INCH CRAWFORD IA EMERGENCY MNGR SIGNIFICANT CAR DAMAGE REPORTED.
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