Water levels Sunday evening continue to rise across northeast Iowa, causing people to evacuate to higher ground. Flooding began on Wednesday evening, near the town of Greene, Iowa. That is where nearly a foot of rain fell in about six hours. The flooding continued downstream Thursday and Friday, creating issues for cities that near the…

The Paramount Theater, a historic theater located in downtown Cedar Rapids, IA asked for help Saturday afternoon in preparation for what may be another devastating flood event. The theater suffered major damaged in 2008's flood event as about nine feet of floodwater took over the main floor. The Cedar River crested at nearly 32 feet in Cedar Rapids causing more than…

Is it autumn or is it summer? Of course we know it's the first weekend of fall, but some states are dealing with record breaking heat from Saturday. Places in Mississippi, Alabama, Iowa, Indiana, Louisiana and Arkansas (just to name a few) had temperatures 5 to 20 degrees above average from where they should be…

A tropical wave over the open waters of the Atlantic is starting to get its act together and may threaten the Caribbean later this week. Strong wind shear is preventing the storm from organizing into a tropical depression in the near term. This tropical wave is forecast to propagate westward toward the Lesser Antilles where environmental conditions…

You may have noticed that meteorologists and climatologists define seasons differently from “regular” or astronomical spring, summer, fall, and winter. So, why do meteorological and astronomical seasons begin and end at different times? In short, it’s because the astronomical seasons are based on the position of Earth in relation to the sun, whereas the meteorological…

Much of northern New England may experience their first freeze of the season this weekend. It's the first full weekend of fall and it will certainly feel like it for many communities across the northeast. An area of high pressure over Hudson Bay will dive southward into New England-- bringing the coldest air since…

It may be the first weekend of autumn, but some places in California will feel like they're still in summer. This weekend temperatures will soar into the 80s, 90s and some places will be hitting 100 degrees throughout California. Even Monday leads into very hot and dry conditions. That's why the National Weather Service has…

A tropical air mass shifted into the area Tuesday, and for days, interacted with a stationary front to produce numerous rounds of storms. The storms had heavy rainfall rates of 1-3 inches per hour and repeated over the same locations in some areas. Rainfall totals of 3-7 inches were reported across many areas from Tuesday night through Friday morning. However,…

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