***Official 2024 Weather Thread***

[RLD4ISU]

Friendly reminder to those in the earlier path, weather radios are great, charge your cell phones/power banks and for the littles (and yourself honestly), have shoes and bike helmets ready if you'll be going to a basement or interior space. And any critical prescriptions/meds close at hand.

My Mom would make us put on shoes whenever we were in a tornado watch - just in case. Her theory was you may not have time to put those shoes on later.

 

[BCClone]

Between Ellsworth and Hubbard.

Must be an Iowa grad who doesn’t want to say Ames?

 

[cs6804]

Eason isn't even that new. Believe it is actually now the oldest elementary in Waukee, opened in the mid 90s.

it is older, but they did an addition a few years ago that required a shelter.

 

[do4CY]

I searched for it on google maps and got nothing.

Between Ellsworth and Hubbard.

Radcliffe is between Ellsworth and Hubbard but it is in Sherman township. Don't know why they would use it for a warning

 

[exCYtable]

Ryan Hall says debris ball at 25,000 feet and one of largest he's ever seen.

 

[exCYtable]

DSM area needs to pay a lot of attention coming up.

Can't overemphasize this. Especially coming up on rush hour when it hits.

 

[Cyhig]

DSM area needs to pay a lot of attention coming up.

Looks like about 4:45-5:00 arrival time for the DSM area

 

[FDWxMan]

Holy cow

 

[ISUcyclones11]

Holy cow View attachment 129301

Reed had it getting hit live it was insane

 

[ISUcyclones11]

oh man that is headed right for Greenfield

 

[simply1]

Really wish Reed had been in Dom 3

 

[cowgirl836]

Reed had it getting hit live it was insane

That was absolutely wild watching that. Like it was made of paper.

 

[ISUcyclones11]

Guessing they will tor-e Greenfield

 

[clone4life82]

Newest schools in Ankeny absolutely have them. The Catholic school in town had to construct a room to meet safe room code with their recent school addition.

Not per definition of a FEMA safe room… there are very few of those in the state. But, there are differences between a FEMA safe room and a tornado shelter from a code standpoint. Most schools have places in them that are capable of being called a shelter.

 

[BCClone]

Never thought of helmets but that's a good one or the kiddos. If I ever have to do a basement dive again I might opt for my old hard hat or better yet, old German WWII helmet my dad bought back.

If you do the German one, it could make for interesting news to see an older gentleman walking around with an SS helmet on

 

[ISUcyclones11]

There is a debris ball just to the left of Greenfield

 

[Cyhig]

There is a debris ball just to the left of Greenfield

Looks like it may had turned right into Greenfield. Prayers to all there

 

[cstrunk]

It's going right through the middle of Greenfield.

 

[cowgirl836]

why did they not TORE that?

 

[ISUcyclones11]

Radar looks very bad for Greenfield right now. Dont see any chasers that are on it.