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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1112 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2013


STRONG AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ROLLED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH
CENTRAL IOWA WEDNESDAY NIGHT...PRODUCING A FEW TORNADOES. ONE
TORNADO WENT THROUGH PARTS OF BELMOND..IN WRIGHT COUNTY...DAMAGING
HOUSES AND A FEW BUILDINGS. TORNADO DAMAGE ALSO OCCURRED IN
ALEXANDER...AND TWO TORNADOES OCCURRED AT THE SAME TIME NEAR
HAMPTON...IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. FLASH FLOODING ALSO HAPPENED IN
WORTH AND CERRO GORDO COUNTIES WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE DES MOINES
METRO STAYED DRY WEDNESDAY EVENING. HIGH TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON WERE ON THE WARMER SIDE...TOPPING OUT AT 91 IN DES
MOINES... 89 IN OTTUMWA...AND 85 DEGREES IN WATERLOO.

THURSDAY WILL BRING RELIEF FROM THE STORMS...AND MOSTLY SUNNY
SKIES TO IOWA. COOLER...DRIER...AIR FROM THE NORTH WILL ALSO BE
BROUGHT DOWN TO THE STATE. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM
THE MIDDLE 70S IN NORTHEAST IOWA...TO THE LOW 80S IN SOUTHEAST
IOWA.

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY BRING THE NEXT RAINFALL CHANCES TO IOWA.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO THE STATE FROM THE WEST
DURING FRIDAY MORNING AND PERSIST INTO THE AFTERNOON. THE SHOWERS
AND STORMS WILL BECOME MUCH MORE WIDESPREAD SATURDAY MORNING AND
AFTERNOON. RAINFALL TOTALS MAY RANGE FROM HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH
ACROSS IOWA...WITH MOST OF IT FALLING ON SATURDAY. RAIN MAY ALSO
LAST INTO SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES SHOULD STAY IN THE LOW TO UPPER 70S
FOR MUCH OF IOWA THIS WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK.

&&

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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