Watching Ryan Hall, and between eastern Iowa and Wisconsin they're having a hard time keeping up with the new warnings being issued.
***OFFICIAL 2026 WEATHER THREAD***
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Watching the storm tracker tonight for like 4 hours has been more interesting than this year's NCAA tournament. True story.
Like just waves of super heavy weird storms.
Like just waves of super heavy weird storms.
We had a tornado warning 5 miles north and 5 miles south of us at the same time. Storm split around us and we got less than a tenth an inch of rain. Crazy
Golf ball sized hail here, but we were inbetween cells and it barely got windy at all. There was nearly 2 inches of rain in 45 minutes which will leave a mess. Fortunate. We had two storms like this in 8 days last summer that caused major building damage on the farm. It was definitely where my head was at tonight.
Whole bunch of people about to find out that their roof wind/hail deductible is 3-4x what it was the last time they had a claim...
First round of storms seems to be going north of “chicagoland”. Ill/Wis border looks crazy on the radar. Supposed to be more popping up later.
A couple hours ago, forecast said 3” of rain, now says maybe 1”. Rain predictions on my weather app are always all over the place though
A couple hours ago, forecast said 3” of rain, now says maybe 1”. Rain predictions on my weather app are always all over the place though
Holy **** I'm shaking right now. Left the game early to try to avoid the storms but I damn near got caught in a tornado on the interstate. Drove directly under a wall cloud and the wind picked up suddenly and I got scared. I pushed through and made it.
So you did end up storm chasing.
Had checked earlier and didn't see anything. Then just randomly got lightning strike alerts on my phone. Wasn't expecting a cell like that so close.
Just got back to the DSM area, driving back from a track meet in Ames. Couldn’t see a damn thing from Ankeny to Pleasant Hill. Just east of Pleasant Hill, no rain and the roads are bone dry. Wild.
