1994: A severe thunderstorm dropped very large hail as it cut a swath from around Osage and Charles City east southeast through Dubuque during the afternoon hours. Hail as large as 4.5 inches in diameter was reported in Dubuque resulting in millions of dollars in damage. 1912: Thunderstorms produced heavy rain across portions of northeastern […]
1938: Unseasonably cool weather settled across Iowa on September 18-19, with temperatures dropping into the 30s at many locations on each day. Flurries were observed on the 18th at Orleans near the Appanoose/Davis county border and on the 19th at Maquoketa, making this one of the earliest fall snow events on record in Iowa. 1926: […]
1972: Severe thunderstorms struck western and southwestern Iowa for the third consecutive day producing a tornado that damaged farms near Beebeetown, golf ball sized hail around Logan, and winds up to 90 mph that resulted in severe damage at Sac City. The three days of storms from September 10-12 also produced tremendous amounts of rainfall […]
1917: An early killing frost visited portions of about the eastern third of Iowa, with several stations recording an early freeze including lows of 32 F at Fairfield, Iowa Falls, and Waterloo, 31 F at Belle Plaine, Decorah, Keosauqua, and Maquoketa, and 30 F at Fayette. At Waterloo this remains the earliest freeze on record. […]
1969: A severe thunderstorm struck northwestern and central Iowa with 85 mph wind gusts producing extensive damage at Ames and large hail falling from Fonda to Rockwell and from Ames to Huxley and Slater. Hail stones as large as 2 inches in diameter were reported and crop losses were in the millions. 1939: Very hot […]
1983: Severe hail and wind storms produced significant damage across portions of northern and western Iowa on September 5-6. The worst damage was reported in Pocahontas County and also in Mills and Montgomery counties where hail as large as baseballs fell and a wind gust to 92 mph was measured at Red Oak. 1913: The […]
1989: A large area of thunderstorms produced heavy rain across about the western third of Iowa as well as severe weather in the far southwest, where widespread wind damage and one or two brief tornadoes in and around Mineola resulted in reports of windows blown out, roofs damaged, and trees falling on cars. Some of […]
Local talent from the Communication Research Institute here in Oskaloosa have been nominated for a Midwest Regional Emmy. I stopped and visited with CRI’s own Jonathon Gregg and Jon Hoffmann about their recent nominations. CRI only recently became qualified to participate in the awards, and the team was ready to test the waters and submitted […]
Mahaska County was called to assist Marion County Emergency Manager to move the Howe family. Three members of the Oskaloosa Fire Dept. that was off duty, Jamey Robinson, and a CERT Team member Jim Walker answered that call for help. The rain has loosened the earth around their home to the point the floor had […]
The sun will disappear for a couple of days as a weather system is slated to move into the area late this evening, and linger around until Wednesday evening. The area has been dry recently, a welcome relief when compared to recent rainfall and flooding records. Tuesday appears to be about a 50% chance of […]
