National Weather Service

River Has Crested At Just Under 22 Feet In Cedar Rapids

... Cousins, a meteorologist in the Quad Cities, said the river is flowing somewhere between 84,000 to 85,000 cubic feet per second — in contrast to the typical 24,000 cubic feet per second. “That’s just quite a bit more water than normal for this time of year,” Cousins said. According to the National Weather Service Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service, the Cedar River is to remain at major flood stage — 16 feet or higher — until Friday afternoon, at which time it is expected to return to moderate flood stage — 14 to 16 feet. The river is forecast to be back at minor flood stage — 12 to 14 feet — Saturday afternoon. On Monday, the river is expected to return to “action stage,” which is 10 to 12 feet. Overall, Cousins recommends residents pay attention to the forecast, and heed local instructions in regards to safety. There’s a slight chance of overnight showers today into Wednesday, Cousins said, but not an amount that would have a major impact on river levels. The rest of the week’s forecast shows mostly sunny skies with temperatures ranging from the lower 60 s to lower 70 s, according to the National Weather Service. For all of The Gazette's ...

Tornado In Oak Grove, Mo., Was Ef3

... was eating dinner at a restaurant when the storm hit Monday night, and they believe they would have been killed if they had been home because the house had no basement. The couple wasn't able to return to their neighborhood until Tuesday. Emergency officials say 483 homes and 10 to 12 commercial buildings were damaged in Oak Grove, just east of Kansas City, during Monday night's storms. This item has been corrected to show that Oak Grove is east of Kansas City, not north. 10 a.m. The police chief in Smithville, Missouri, says between 60 and 70 houses were damaged when strong storms swept through the town, with some completely destroyed. Chief Jason Lockridge says Monday night's storms left damage "well north of seven figures" in the town of around 9,000 residents about 25 miles north of Kansas City. Many of the homes were seriously damaged but Lockridge said Tuesday it was too early to say how many were destroyed. Lockridge says he and other emergency responders knew Monday night that Smithville was severely damaged but that the extent wasn't clear until daylight Tuesday. No serious ...

National Weather Service Says Tornado Caused Wentzville Storm Damage

... Chris Higgins says they are inspecting the damage, and will have a determination on intensity later. Higgins says the damage appears to be in the EF 1 range. A fast moving line of severe storms moved through our area overnight. The worst damage appears to be in the Wentzville area. Two people suffered minor injuries when the storms hit a mobile home park. The Wentzville Mobile Manor is just off of West Main Street. Two mobile homes overturned in the strong winds just after midnight. There were downed limbs and roof damage to other mobile homes.  The storm also caused a gas leak in the area, prompting police to evacuate some residents. Higgins posted this update to Facebook Tuesday morning. "This quick spin up tornadoes can be tough to warn for because they are very short duration and travel only a short distance. This one showed up on/off on the radar going back into Warren county before crossing into St. Charles County. This is the radar signature as the tornado formed at 11:51 PM. I ...

National Weather Service Upgrades Perryville Tornado To Ef-4

... and destroyed dozens of homes in Perryville on Tuesday night to an EF-4. The reclassification is an upgrade from preliminary estimates that the tornado was an EF-3 , according to an update Saturday from the weather service. The Joplin, Mo., tornado in May 2011 that killed 161 people and injured more than 1,000 was an EF-5, with winds estimated at more than 200 mph. In Tuesday’s tornado, wind bursts reached 180 mph. The tornado was six-tenths of a mile wide and traveled 50.4 miles, the longest track of a tornado in the weather service’s Paducah, Ky., coverage area in 25 years. The coverage area includes parts of southeast Missouri, Southern Illinois, western Kentucky and southwestern Indiana. The tornado started about 5 miles northwest of Perryville and ended about 2 miles southwest of Christopher, Ill. The weather service said there were signs of multiple vortexes near the easternmost part of Perry County near the Mississippi River, where the tornado reached its greatest width. Travis M. Koenig, 24, of Perryville, was killed when the tornado ...

More Snow Today! National Weather Service Expects Flurries Down To 400 Feet, With More White Stuff Piling Up Inland

... on Clam Beach yesterday. Photo: Eva York. More snow will fall all around the region, bringing, no doubt. additional roadway chaos with it. Good news/bad news: Higher temperatures mean that whatever flurries fall will melt quickly, here near the coast. More good news/bad news: The snow line will rise up to 3,000 feet or so, but the areas above that — especially in Humboldt and Del Norte — will see thicker snow levels when they wake up tomorrow morning. Winter weather statement from the National Weather Service. Waves of showers will continue to move through the area during the day today, with additional snow accumulations expected at low elevations and pass levels. Snow levels will gradually rise this afternoon, likely reaching near 3000 feet by this evening. Snow showers will diminish in coverage and intensity this evening. Northern Humboldt Coast. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED…. While bursts of light snow will continue to be possible to as low as 400 feet through the early morning, temperatures are such that most of this snow will melt quickly. Thus, the winter weather ...

Reports Of Damage, Power Outages Roll In

... damaged, classes canceled for Tuesday. Photo by Becky Maxwell/Daily Iowegian. The damage sustained to Wells Manufacturing during Monday's storm. Photo by Becky Maxwell/Daily Iowegian. The damage sustained to Wells Manufacturing during Monday's storm. Photo by Becky Maxwell/Daily Iowegian. The damage sustained to Wells Manufacturing during Monday's storm. Photo by Becky Maxwell/Daily Iowegian. The damage sustained to Wells Manufacturing during Monday's storm. Photo by Becky Maxwell/Daily Iowegian. The damage sustained to Lee Container's roof during Monday's storm. The amount of damage caused by a short-lived storm event Monday night is still being tallied. So far, though, it appears Seymour and areas south of Centerville received the greatest impacts. A large amount of damage has been reported in Seymour, including to area homes and also various parts of the Seymour School. As a result, the Seymour Community School District has already canceled school for Tuesday, March 7. Seymour mayor Caleb Housh posted at 8:55 p.m. on Facebook, "Seymour ...

National Weather Service Confirms Ef-2 Tornado Hit Newton County

... The National Weather service is surveying other parts of the county to see where the storm started. The tornado picked up the Parthenon Post Office from it's foundation and threw it more than 200 feet across the street. Postmaster Michael Black said they spent the day going through and trying to salvage the mail. He said he was surprised at the damage. "That was the shocking part. I expected some damage, I've seen tornadoes on TV but never up close. Nobody hurt, you can always get another building for whatever purposes, you can't get another life," Black said. Members of the Parthenon First Baptist Church spent time Tuesday cleaning up the damage from the storm. "It's pretty big, but we'll come back, we'll recover, we'll be okay," James David said. David said the damage wont' keep the church from ...

5 Tornadoes Hit Tri-state On Wednesday

... Share Article. "It's like I'm camping out in my own house," said Donna Cassner, who had been without power since Tuesday night storms hammered parts of Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio. The path of damage was about 160 yards wide. Trees and power lines were downed. Severe weather throughout the area left bus drivers and school administrators with tough decisions to make. The month of March roared into the Tri-State, with wicked winds uprooting trees, ripping siding from homes and leaving thousands without power Wednesday. Heavy rain filled an entire street, completely submerging a local man's truck. High winds tear roofs off home, down trees and power lines in Clermont County. Severe storms hit Northern Kentucky hard. High winds blew over several semi trucks Wednesday morning. Damage reported on Gobel Avenue. Radar indicated possible rotation. AMELIA, OHIO. March 1, 2017. The entire roof of Carlon Addison's home on Locust Lake Road in Amelia was torn off when severe storms hit the Tri-State. Tom Mc Kee | WCPO. Copyright 2017 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights ...