Needless to say it has been a very active stretch of weather across the area so far this spring. Since 1893 it's in the top five for wettest springs to date, with northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin the wettest on record. Rivers are in flood stage and running well above normal. The pattern continues to look active weather over the next 10 days but there are some signals for a break come early May. The Quad Cities are in the midst of the seventh-wettest spring to date run

Talk about a wild week of weather! Across the Iowa, Illinois and Missouri area we had more than 600 severe thunderstorm warnings and nearly 200 tornado warnings. Thankfully as we roll through the weekend and early this week the pattern is taking a bit of a breather, however we are watching yet another stretch of active weather late in the week to round out the month of April. So far through April there has been 216 Severe Thunderstorm and Tornado Warnings issued in the state

After a week of what I would call intense weather, we all get a chance to breath with the active storm track that produced the storms breaking down and moving east. The last blast Friday, was the most intense and widespread with 25 tornado reports, 252 wind, and 233 hail for a total of 510 severe weather events. Below is a closer view of the plots. To the right you will see a wind gust of 91 mph 2 miles northwest of Durant. Bloomington Normal had a gust of 86 and Davenport 6

HIGH IMPACT STORMS A THREAT TODAY It's always a a challenge to predict a high impact severe weather event but less than 12 hours away there are concerning signs that some part of the area will see very large hail with a chance of a strong tornado or two. Early indications are the area north of I-80 is most susceptible to supercells, rotating mesocyclones with significant severe weather capability. The majority of the area is under a high end enhanced outlook for severe weathe

You know the old saying, when it rains it pours. Well we couldn't buy a drop of rain mid-August through February with some places in eastern Iowa posting deficits up to 11inches. Then, as often happens, when the pattern breaks, it does so with a vengeance. Here's the rainfall deficits in Iowa from August 15th, 2025 through March 31st, 2006. Over 11 inches around Ottumwa in SE Iowa! Then came April and so did the rains. These are rainfall departures since April 1st. Most of ea