Severe Storms with Large Hail and Tornadoes Developing
Weather Headlines
- NEXT 9 HOURS: First Alert Day – Severe Storms
- SHORT TERM: Additional Severe Threat Wednesday
- LONG TERM: Cooler Weekend
Latest Forecast
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – The First Alert Storm Team is monitoring an energetic and doubtlessly harmful stretch of climate throughout japanese Iowa.
Multiple rounds of sturdy to extreme thunderstorms are anticipated by way of Friday. The first danger arrives later in the present day into tonight, particularly throughout east-central areas.
Satellite and Radar
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The highest risk is for big hail, larger than 3″ diameter, doable alongside with tornadoes as much as EF3 energy, with a secondary risk of damaging winds at 70mph. Stay alert and sustain with the most recent warnings.
A quick lull is predicted on Thursday earlier than one other spherical of extreme climate develops on Friday. Temperatures keep heat and breezy within the 70s and 80s by way of the top of the workweek.
Much cooler air settles in with highs dropping into the 50s, and there’s even the potential for frost or a freeze by Saturday evening and particularly Sunday evening.
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