Storm Chasers Of Iowa

04/16/2026

04/16/2026

Alright folks, let's talk about Friday! Another active day of severe weather is shaping up across the Badger state as a strong cold front heads this way from the west, while an area of low pressure treks up from the Central Plains. In the upper-levels, we'll be in southwesterly flow ahead of a deepening trough over the Western United States.

Abundant low-level moisture will be drawn northward ahead of the incoming front Friday morning, with dew points rising into the low and mid-60s as strong southerly surface winds develop. Meanwhile, sufficient instability and plenty of wind shear will also be in place . The setup that is forecast will be pretty volatile, especially if our surface features arrive at just the right time. All hazards will be possible, including an increased risk of large to very large hail (2+" diameter) and tornadoes. Damaging winds are also possible as storms congeal into a line along the front.

As far as timing, this remains a bit iffy right now. Generally speaking, strong to severe storms will be possible from midday Friday through the early evening hours.

I will continue to closely monitor new data as it comes in and update you with the latest. Please stay weather aware tomorrow and make sure you have multiple ways to receive weather warnings. We have went ahead and declared Friday a 13 FIRST ALERT WEATHER DAY.

07/29/2024

Tomorrow we have a chance of some strong storms. Low chance of tornadoes but there is still a chance tho. Primary threat is the winds

04/30/2024

Storms are firing up right now.

04/30/2024

04/30/2024

Red circled ⭕️ area is being watched for rapid storm development over the next couple of hours. A Tornado Watch has been issued for large portions of Iowa south of about Highway 30 through the evening.

Activity then spreads eastward and additional storms fill in southward into the evening.

Be sure to be weather aware rest of this afternoon and evening!

04/30/2024

Anyone near Lincoln Nebraska to Omaha Nebraska and Kansas City please watch out for today weather conditions. Looks like you guys might get hard again. If anyone has family out that way please watch out. Even down in to eastern Kansas. Des Moine please watch out also. Not looking good on the models. PDS some of the models are saying this around those areas. Specially the ones that got hit hard already.

04/26/2024

Tornado watch has been issued to are west. This expires at 7 to night.

04/26/2024

So we have the new update from the Storm Prediction Center. Not much has change only thing that change is the Enhanced area had got bigger and the tornado chance is still the same over by Omaha Nebraska, Kansas city area there is another higher chance down south that goes to Missouri down to Texas right through Oklahoma also. So please stay tune for updates and be weather aware.

04/26/2024

Good morning everyone thanks for likes and the follow. Let’s get to it for today’s severe weather potential.

Kansas City, MO...Omaha, NE...Lincoln, NE...Des Moines, IA...Overland Park, KS... are Enhanced Risk of severe potential.

Dallas, TX...Fort Worth, TX...Tulsa, OK...Arlington, TX...Plano, TX... is in a Slight Risk of severe potential.

San Antonio, TX...Austin, TX...St. Louis, MO...Madison, WI...Shreveport, LA is in a Marginal Risk.

A few tornadoes, including a couple of strong tornadoes, isolated
very large hail (greater than 2 inch diameter) and isolated wind
damage will be possible, mainly this afternoon/evening from
northeast Kansas/southeast Nebraska into northwest Missouri and
southwest Iowa. Occasional severe storms are expected farther south
into Arkansas, eastern Oklahoma and northeast Texas.

Please stay safe and be weather aware. And stay tune for more updates.

04/26/2024

Storm Prediction Center will be coming out with a new update at sometime after midnight for tomorrow storms in Iowa. Please stay tune for updates. Make sure you are weather aware.