***Official 2024 Weather Thread***

[Gunnerclone]

This rain we are getting might just end the drought in eastern Iowa

I don’t love this pattern that Iowa is in right now. Reminds me of some of the big flood years and June is right around the corner.

 

[1UNI2ISU]

I don’t love this pattern that Iowa is in right now. Reminds me of some of the big flood years and June is right around the corner.

This is starting to feel very, very 2013...

 

[Agclone91]

Still don't understand why we didn't get audible alerts on our phone for the Story County tornado warning. The alert came through because we had to dismiss them, but no sound. Talking with folks in the office this morning and it looks to be split pretty close to 50/50 whether the alert was audible or not. We would have slept right through it had I not waken up at 4:30 and happened to check the radar right before the warning came out.

 

[Ms3r4ISU]

Only lasted 15 minutes? My gf would love 15 minutes.

That's on you.

 

[Ms3r4ISU]

Still don't understand why we didn't get audible alerts on our phone for the Story County tornado warning. The alert came through because we had to dismiss them, but no sound. Talking with folks in the office this morning and it looks to be split pretty close to 50/50 whether the alert was audible or not. We would have slept right through it had I not waken up at 4:30 and happened to check the radar right before the warning came out.

Audible alerts? Guess I didn't know there were such things. We got the two blaring tone alerts.

 

[JP4CY]

Tired. Gonna be a long day at work.

 

[Mr Janny]

Still don't understand why we didn't get audible alerts on our phone for the Story County tornado warning. The alert came through because we had to dismiss them, but no sound. Talking with folks in the office this morning and it looks to be split pretty close to 50/50 whether the alert was audible or not. We would have slept right through it had I not waken up at 4:30 and happened to check the radar right before the warning came out.

I heard the sirens about 15-30 seconds before the alert came through, but my brain was still trying to decode what I was hearing. The alert clarified that.

 

[CyCrazy]

Audible alerts? Guess I didn't know there were such things. We got the two blaring tone alerts.

Same it was annoying as hell at 430 am but I guess it did its job. Anyway I went back to bed after the tornader warning expired 15 minutes later.

 

[JM4CY]

Tired. Gonna be a long day at work.

Want me to swing by with some cocaine? I still owe you.

 

[cowgirl836]

I don’t love this pattern that Iowa is in right now. Reminds me of some of the big flood years and June is right around the corner.

It's definitely a much different pattern from last year. Love the new normal of extremes.

 

[nfrine]

Only lasted 15 minutes? My gf would love 15 minutes.

So would your wife!

 

[CloneinWDSM]

Not sure if it was a tornado or just high winds but my little hometown in Western Iowa has a bunch of large trees down blocking streets, powerlines down, HS softball field had a bunch of damage.

 

[cycloner29]

If you had two bad posts,a good chance the rest was starting to go. There is a chance that what they did expedited the others falling but it was just going to be time.

Maybe it’s time for you to cut back on posting then. I just checked and my posts are all solid!!

 

[do4CY]

Still don't understand why we didn't get audible alerts on our phone for the Story County tornado warning. The alert came through because we had to dismiss them, but no sound. Talking with folks in the office this morning and it looks to be split pretty close to 50/50 whether the alert was audible or not. We would have slept right through it had I not waken up at 4:30 and happened to check the radar right before the warning came out.

I was startled awake this morning to my phone blaring the warning. After I practiced my Kung fu to get it turned off I realized we weren't even in the warning. It sure got the blood pumping though.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Heard those but only after my mom got an alert on same phone that I have and woke me up.

If she hadn't woken up I could have even slept through sirens.

I apparently DID. And no phone alert.

 

[awd4cy]

This is starting to feel very, very 2013...

Seems like a drought always bring flooding eventually. Problem with 2013, we had all the flooding, then the rain shut off again after mid June and we went right back to a severe drought.

 

[IASTATE07]

Tired. Gonna be a long day at work.

I thought you worked here?

 

[StateThrowdown]

This is starting to feel very, very 2013...

I’ve been thinking this too. Constant rain until mid June and then it was like somebody shut off the spigot.

 

[JP4CY]

I thought you worked here?

Williams is a taskmaster.

 

[Turn2]

Going on 6 hours with no electricity in Ankeny, east of I-35. Got my 3 mile walk in and saw no storm damage.