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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
827 PM CDT THU MAY 16 2013

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN MOVED ACROSS WEST
CENTRAL INTO NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL IOWA THIS EVENING. THE
HEAVIEST RAINS FELL IN CRAWFORD COUNTY WITH THE HIGHEST REPORTS
WERE IN CHARTER OAK WITH OVER 4 INCHES. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
STORMS ALSO DEVELOPED OVER FAR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IOWA.
HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE UPPER 70S TO THE MIDDLE 80S. BY
SUNSET...READINGS HAD COOLED INTO THE MIDDLE 60S NORTHWEST TO THE
MIDDLE 70S SOUTH. SOUTHEAST WINDS WERE 5 TO 15 MPH.

AN APPROACHING FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BRING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA FOR THE OVERNIGHT AND LINGERING INTO
FRIDAY. THE SYSTEM WILL BRING MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...FROM WEST TO EAST...WITH THE BEST CHANCES ACROSS
NORTHERN IOWA AND SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND MINNESOTA. THE QUICK
MOVING FRONT WILL PUSH EAST OF THE AREA...WITH LINGERING
PRECIPITATION CHANCES FRIDAY. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES WILL COOL
INTO THE UPPER 50S TO LOW 60S...WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S AND
MID 80S FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS FRIDAY.

A STRONGER STORM SYSTEM WILL PUSH EAST OUT OF THE ROCKIES LATE
THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...BRINGING THE CHANCE FOR
STRONG...AND POSSIBLY SEVERE...THUNDERSTORMS TO MUCH OF THE
REGION SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN
ABOVE AVERAGE INTO THE WEEKEND...AND THEN DROP TO AROUND THE
SEASONAL AVERAGES...IN THE LOW TO MID 70S...BY THE MIDDLE OF THE
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.


&&

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.

$$