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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1056 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 2013


WARM AND HUMID WEATHER RETURNED TO IOWA TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
DEWPOINTS WERE NEAR 70 DEGREES OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS
OF THE STATE. WITH HIGHS TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S...HEAT INDEX
VALUES TOPPED 90 DEGREES IN MANY SPOTS. DES MOINES REACHED 87
DEGREES...WATERLOO REACHED 86...AND KEOKUK REACHED 91 DEGREES
TUESDAY. THERE WERE A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS ACROSS PARTS
OF IOWA WHICH PRODUCED LITTLE TO NO MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION.
WINDS WERE GENERALLY EASTERLY OR SOUTHEASTERLY AT 5 TO 15 MPH.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST
WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO NORTHERN
IOWA...WISCONSIN...AND ILLINOIS ARE THE LOCATIONS THAT HAVE THE
GREATEST LIKELIHOOD OF EXPERIENCING PRECIPITATION. A FEW OF THESE
STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL AS THE MAIN THREATS. SOME MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AS
WELL. TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY WILL BE SIMILAR TO THOSE OF
TUESDAY...AND IT SHOULD BE FAIRLY HUMID AS WELL.

THURSDAY LOOKS TO BE VERY SUNNY AND SLIGHTLY COOLER...WITH HIGH
TEMPERATURES DIPPING BACK DOWN TO THE UPPER 70S AND LOW 80S.
FRIDAY MORNING SHOULD START OUT SUNNY...BUT CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE
INCREASE AS WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING
INTO IOWA FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

&&

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES WILL DISCONTINUE THE
ISSUANCE OF THE 920 PM REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY EFFECTIVE
JUNE 15 2013.  AFTER THAT DATE...THE REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
WILL ONLY BE ISSUED AROUND 500 AM...1100 AM... AND 500 PM.

IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS CHANGE...PLEASE
EMAIL /IN ALL LOWERCASE/ JEFF.JOHNSON...AT SYMBOL...NOAA.GOV OR
CALL 515.270.4501 EXTENSION 726.

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KOTENBERG