***Official 2024 Weather Thread***

[MeowingCows]

Fun for those that enjoy severe weather

Well ****. I'd enjoy getting good sleep, but I tend to not do that in bad weather nights.

 

[ISUAgronomist]

Was heavy rain out west. If a cell parks on you, expect to get a lot.

 

[NorthCyd]

Was heavy rain out west. If a cell parks on you, expect to get a lot.

Doesn't look like it will be a problem. Whatever was holding.things in place seems to have broke loose. Storms pretty much blew right through most of the metro.

 

[bluestarcyclone]

Doesn't look like it will be a problem. Whatever was holding.things in place seems to have broke loose. Storms pretty much blew right through most of the metro.

Feels like that's the story of a lot of storms lately. Look nasty then start to fall apart a few miles west of the metro

 

[Turn2]

Doesn't look like it will be a problem. Whatever was holding.things in place seems to have broke loose. Storms pretty much blew right through most of the metro.

Yeah, 0.07” inches of severe devastation recorded by my weather station while I slept. Must have been brutal.

 

[FerShizzle]

Must have gotten windy in Ankeny last night. I lost a big branch on one of my maple trees.

 

[CloneFanInKC]

Southern KC had a strong front come through around 3am. Strong wind, hail and 1.25-1.5” of rain by 4:30.

 

[ackatch]

Well - we ended up with about 1" of rain.

 

[mkadl]

Watching TV in the basement. Truck was outside. Last Night.

 

[CloneFanInKC]

Watching TV in the basement. Truck was outside. Last Night.

Sorry dude!

 

[mkadl]

Sorry dude!

I am sitting pretty. I still have a truck and a home. Neighbors a mile west dont have homes. Tornado in April.

 

[wxman1]

For those that were watching the house did end up falling in last night.

BREAKING: House next to Rapidan Dam falls into Blue Earth River

The home of the owners of the Rapidan Dam Store has apparently fallen into the Blue Earth River.

www.kcrg.com

 

[CyCrazy]

For those that were watching the house did end up falling in last night.

BREAKING: House next to Rapidan Dam falls into Blue Earth River

The home of the owners of the Rapidan Dam Store has apparently fallen into the Blue Earth River.

www.kcrg.com

That sucks but was only a matter of time unfortunately.

 

[cy4prez7]

2 inches of rain in WDM.

 

[MNCYWX]

That second round that came through the metro could have been worse if we didn't have the prior storms. The atmosphere was pretty worked over and that second round 'elevated' as the moved into central Iowa.

No doubt there were some spots that did receive that damaging wind 60+ but it wasn't widespread in that warned area as it moved through. I'd estimate 40-50 was more common on a widespread level. With the the first round it helped stabilize things at the surface which makes it bit harder to punch that strongest wind to the surface. Not only that but a lot of it actually started deviating to the south which followed the instability gradient/outflow from the first round. Was a bit more potent in SW Iowa and S Iowa near the border.

I saw a couple posts on the socials about the 90 mph wind in Omaha coming towards the DSM metro. The likelihood of that actually happening in central Iowa was actually quite low because of this.

 

[Turn2]

2 inches of rain in WDM.

Fish story? Must be south or west of Raccoon River Park?

 

[awd4cy]

Pretty crazy. I think NWS in that region really dropped the ball last night.

 

[CyCity]

2 inches of rain in WDM.

1.6 inches for me in WDM.

 

[BoxsterCy]

I'd like to see a similar map for Iowa. You can catch the border counties a little bit. That's a lotta rain in two weeks especially coming on the heels of two years of drought conditions for much of the state.

 

[jsb]

I'd like to see a similar map for Iowa. You can catch the border counties a little bit. That's a lotta rain in two weeks especially coming on the heels of two years of drought conditions for much of the state.

Areas in Western Iowa had 18 inches in 3 days.