Does not look good for Iowa City/Cedar Rapids. CR could really use a break.
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We are planning to be driving from CR to DSM during this. The kids may get their first chase and tornado!
Does this storm still show a good chance for severe weather in central Iowa, meaning hail and wind? Or is that dissipating?
Right in it. I was just thinking about how any time there is a Moderate risk area that it can make people that are outside of the Moderate risk area think, “phew, that’s looking better for my area that is only in the enhanced risk area then!”.
Probably all depends on where the line of storms starts setting up. Right now it looks like we’ll see the formation of these storms right over Des Moines and they’ll intensify as they chart eastward towards Cedar Rapids/Iowa City.
7??? I’m sure it has happened before, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen the TORCON (soooooo stupid, BTW, but I digress) that high.
Hmm hopefully the worst staying just south of us but parents place is not in a great spot there......
I am fairly impressed with how perfectly it covers the DVN NWS warning area.
East of I35 will be fun. Damaging wind at tornado potential look robust from individual cells that fire initially along warm front just north of the MN/IA border front and trailing down cold front. Should tend to form a squall line with time but think spin-up tornadoes along it will be a thing. Hail probably isn't accounted for as high as I think it could be with a 'cool' early season setup.
Up my way... Thinking I'll be seeing 45° to 70° over about a 20 mile difference. Bonkers. Then we'll close with a few inches of snow.
Up my way... Thinking I'll be seeing 45° to 70° over about a 20 mile difference. Bonkers. Then we'll close with a few inches of snow.
