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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1047 AM CDT THU MAY 16 2013


SKIES WERE MOSTLY CLOUDY THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE STATE THROUGHOUT
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THERE WERE SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS
OF IOWA...FROM DAVIS COUNTY THROUGH CASS COUNTY. MANY LOCATIONS
IMPACTED BY THE THUNDERSTORMS RECEIVED AROUND ONE QUARTER TO ONE
HALF INCH OF RAINFALL...WITH A FEW PLACES GETTING UPWARDS OF AN
INCH UNDER SOME OF THE SLOWER MOVING STORMS. MORNING TEMPERATURES
WERE MAINLY IN THE THE UPPER 40S TO LOW 60S ACROSS...WITH THE
LOWEST TEMPERATURES IN NORTHWEST IOWA. WINDS WERE LIGHT AND
VARIABLE.

FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THERE ARE CHANCES FOR
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY
BE STRONG. TEMPERATURES FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON SHOULD BE FAIRLY
SIMILAR TO THOSE OF WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... TOPPING OUT IN THE
UPPER 70S TO THE LOWER 80S ACROSS IOWA. WIND SPEEDS WILL BE OUT OF
THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH.

FOR TONIGHT...PRECIPITATION CHANCES CONTINUE...ESPECIALLY IN
NORTHERN AND NORTHEASTERN IOWA. BY MID TO LATE MORNING...MOST OF
THE STORMS SHOULD DISSIPATE OR MOVE OFF TO THE EAST...LEAVING
FRIDAY AFTERNOON PRIMARILY DRY ACROSS IOWA. TEMPERATURES IN THE
MORNING HOURS SHOULD BE IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOW 60S...RISING TO
THE UPPER 70S AND LOW 80S FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

A STRONGER STORM SYSTEM WILL PUSH EAST OUT OF THE ROCKIES LATE
THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...BRINGING THE CHANCE FOR
STRONG...AND POSSIBLE SEVERE...THUNDERSTORMS TO MUCH OF THE STATE
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.

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