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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1117 AM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013

SUMMER WAS MAKING AN APPEARANCE TODAY ACROSS IOWA WITH
WARM...SOUTHERLY WINDS RAISING TEMPERATURES TO LEVELS NOT SEEN
SINCE LATE LAST SUMMER. READINGS ACROSS IOWA RANGED FROM THE
UPPER 70S EAST TO LOW 90S WEST UNDER CLEAR SKIES. THE STRONG
WINDS...COMBINED WITH WARM TEMPERATURES AND DRY AIR...WERE
LEADING TO DANGEROUS BURNING CONDITIONS OVER WESTERN AND NORTHERN
IOWA WHERE A RED FLAG WARNING WAS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING.

HOT...WINDY...AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH HIGHS
TOPPING OUT IN THE UPPER 80S EAST TO UPPER 90S WEST. A COLD FRONT
WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND DROP TEMPERATURES TO
MORE SEASONABLE VALUES FOR WEDNESDAY. A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT ACROSS NORTHERN
IOWA AS THE FRONT PASSES THROUGH. THE FRONT WILL STALL OUT OVER
NORTHERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN IOWA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK
WEEK...SPARKING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN MISSOURI RIVER
VALLEY. THE FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH LATE IN THE WEEK AND COULD BRING
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES LOOK
TO REMAIN NEAR NORMAL LATE THIS WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND.

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KS