***Official 2024 Weather Thread***

[ISUAgronomist]

Harlan areagot a deluge tonight it looks like. Flash flooding.

 

[Gunnerclone]

Harlan areagot a deluge tonight it looks like. Flash flooding.

Pretty wild flash flood warning circle with that one.

 

[Ms3r4ISU]

Is there really enough difference between a baseball and tennis ball to necessitate a distinction?

Baseball is heavier, packs a bigger punch.

 

[ISUAgronomist]

Pretty wild flash flood warning circle with that one.

Storm just sat there for well over an hour or two with heavy rain.

 

[WartburgClone]

SPC Day 1 Outlook

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[nfrine]

 

[2122]

Just checked WeatherChannel radar. Showing what looks very much like a derecho forming at Omaha around 4:30am, hitting Des Moines around 7am...

 

[Cy4Lifer]

Is there really enough difference between a baseball and tennis ball to necessitate a distinction?

Tennis ball hail tends to bounce more than baseball sized hail!

 

[CYaeger]

Just dumping rain here in the DSM metro. Flash Flood Warning until 10:30 AM. Flooding is going to be a real concern. Been dumping rain north in the Raccoon river and DSM river basin.

 

[nfrine]

3.2" of rain so far. 30 miles east of Ames.

 

[cowgirl836]

SPC Day 1 Outlook

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This is getting worse, not better.

 

[Cyhig]

Be safe today everyone. Keep a close eye and ear to weather alerts. This has the potential to be the biggest severe weather day of the year for central and eastern IA

 

[cydsho]

4-5 tornado warnings here in Omaha area this morning. Mostly spinups but heavy heavy rain and strong line with strong winds.

 

[Gunnerclone]

TURN AROUND DON’T DROWN.

 

[salennon07]

It looks like the overnight update now includes most of Iowa in the more extreme tornado risk... Is it totally over reactive to pull my first grader out of school early today? I always get a little paranoid when the storms are during the school day.

 

[Gunnerclone]

It looks like the overnight update now includes most of Iowa in the more extreme tornado risk... Is it totally over reactive to pull my first grader out of school early today? I always get a little paranoid when the storms are during the school day.

Plaza Towers Elementary 2013. Definitely not over-reactive. The worst can happen and has happened before.

 

[NWICY]

so this is your fault.


I'm trying to check on the timing here......neither daycare nor elementary school have basements. Solid buildings with at least some brick structure to them but ugh. Not loving this. I suppose with derecho I'd have some lead time to go get them.

Pick them up and keep driving away, come back after it wears out.

 

[NWICY]

It looks like the overnight update now includes most of Iowa in the more extreme tornado risk... Is it totally over reactive to pull my first grader out of school early today? I always get a little paranoid when the storms are during the school day.

Personally I would say overreactive, school protection areas are usually pretty good.
But I'm old the one year( like maybe 5th grade?) Went to school blizzard picked up the school was going to have us stay overnight in the gym, about 430-5 storm broke and they sent us all home on the busses. LOL.
Really do whatever makes you feel best.

 

[Cyhig]

It looks like the overnight update now includes most of Iowa in the more extreme tornado risk... Is it totally over reactive to pull my first grader out of school early today? I always get a little paranoid when the storms are during the school day.

I think there’s a good possibility schools will send kids home early. They don’t want to have kids on busses if storms are rolling through.

 

[cowgirl836]

Pick them up and keep driving away, come back after it wears out.

I need to check timing again because I think the initial round is less severe for us. Elementary school is single digit years old. However, I have family planning to drive nearly end to end hwy 20 up to NWIA and I'm wondering if they need to try and delay a day. Theyd be leaving early this morning from dubuque area.