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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
438 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

THE RELATIVELY QUIET WEATHER OF LAST EVENING WAS INTERRUPTED BY
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH RACED ACROSS THE STATE DURING THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS OF SUNDAY. THE STORMS PRODUCED BRIEF HEAVY
RAINFALL...SOME SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. SOME WIND GUSTS WERE
IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH IN A FEW LOCATIONS OF WESTERN IOWA.
HOWEVER...MOST GUSTS WERE FROM 30 TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH BETWEEN A
QUARTER AND ONE HALF INCH OF RAINFALL. TEMPERATURES DURING THE
NIGHT REMAINED WELL ABOVE NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR WITH EARLY
MORNING READINGS IN THE 60S ACROSS THE STATE.

ACTIVE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST FOR TODAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE
REGION. STRONG LOW PRESSURE IN WESTERN KANSAS WILL PUSH INTO
EASTERN NEBRASKA BY THIS EVENING. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP FROM KANSAS AND NEBRASKA EASTWARD INTO
MISSOURI AND IOWA BY LATE AFTERNOON. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS
ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS WITH THE BEST TORNADO CHANCES IN
EASTERN KANSAS INTO WESTERN MISSOURI. HOWEVER...A FEW TORNADOES
CANNOT BE RULED OUT FARTHER NORTH INTO EASTERN NEBRASKA AND
SOUTHWEST IOWA.

THE STORMS ARE FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS IOWA AND
SURROUNDING LOCATIONS TONIGHT WITH THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER
DIMINISHING TOWARD MIDNIGHT. FARTHER NORTH...MODERATE TO HEAVY
RAINS ARE FORECAST FROM THE EASTERN DAKOTAS INTO MINNESOTA AND
WISCONSIN. THE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO REMAIN TO REMAIN IN THE
REGION FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEK WITH CONTINUED CHANCES OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH WEDNESDAY FOR MUCH OF THE
MISSOURI AND MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEYS.

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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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