***Official 2024 Weather Thread***

[ISUAgronomist]

Poor Omaha has a cell sitting on them for an hour already. Flash flooding

 

[alarson]

Didn't Des Moines have some issues in 2008 or 2009? I worked for the city of Altoona that summer and spent a couple days filling sand bags. I want to say the neighborhood around North High and Birdland was in danger of flooding? Or did flood?

Yeah, pretty sure north and birdland flooded. The area around principal park did too, and some storm sewer backups downtown. Of course fleur as well, but that floods over if a cloud passes by.

 

[dafarmer]

4 to 5 inch hail in many locations in the Omaha metro, flooding rains also. 2+ inches of rain in less than an hour, heading Southeast. Started at 4:30 and still raining.

 

[ISUAgronomist]

4 to 5 inch hail in many locations in the Omaha metro, flooding rains also. 2+ inches of rain in less than an hour, heading Southeast. Started at 4:30 and still raining.

It's just refusing to move

 

[stormchaser2014]

At 637 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located over Cumming, or
over Norwalk, moving south at 5 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Law enforcement confirmed tornado.

 

[CySki]

At 637 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located over Cumming, or
over Norwalk, moving south at 5 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Law enforcement confirmed tornado.

Took this pic in Waukee.

 

[ackatch]

From Waukee (North side of 80 by Rubes) a little bit ago.

 

[theshadow]

Storm moving east-to-west should just about complete the ******* bingo card for this year.

 

[stormchaser2014]

 

[stormchaser2014]

Severe thunderstorm warning here out of nowhere.

 

[cy4prez7]

Davenport could be in trouble. Nothing concrete yet but there's some big rotation.

 

[CrossCyed]

What's going to happen when that outflow boundary west of DSM runs into the storms by Harlan? I get that it fired off the storms by the Metro but what happens when it hits that big glob of storms?

 

[dafarmer]

Weather services predicting hail on I80 from mile marker 35 to 50. Just what we need!

 

[CRcyclone6]

My son took this at baseball practice this afternoon from Wash HS in CR. Looking towards the SE.

 

[Gunnerclone]

What's going to happen when that outflow boundary west of DSM runs into the storms by Harlan? I get that it fired off the storms by the Metro but what happens when it hits that big glob of storms?

The boundary is dying. That complex should keep rolling through that environment.

 

[FDWxMan]

What's going to happen when that outflow boundary west of DSM runs into the storms by Harlan? I get that it fired off the storms by the Metro but what happens when it hits that big glob of storms?

Kinda depends. How the outflow is oriented and the associated wind field shift vs what's happening with the other storm can do a couple different things.

Sometimes outflows are the missing ingredient in tornadogenesis, and can be quite dangerous, other times the cold air undercuts and kills the updaft and the storm.

Probably not much of an effect, maybe some weakening or raising of the base due to a cooler, more stable surface environment.

 

[FDWxMan]

Nothing like accidentally spotting on the way home from Culver's.

 

[CyCoug]

Nothing in Ames. I get 1-2 weeks a year so feeling missed so far. Looks like some development off to the west though.

Apologies to everyone here who is sick of the storms all spring.

 

[ISUAgronomist]

Nothing like accidentally spotting on the way home from Culver's.

That's a super cute photo!!

 

[Jer]

Weather is basically a four letter word nowadays. Seems like the pace of extremes has increased in magnitudes the past few years.