Storms Move Through

In the early nighttime hours last night storms quickly developed along the aforementioned warm front in previous posts. These storms began showing up near 9 PM and quickly developed into elevated thunderstorms capable of large hail. Lightning was prevalent throughout the skies last night around these storms, I did manage to head north of Ames and capture some shots of the distant lightning.

April 2 Lightning Gallery

Reports came in with these storms as they slowly made their way east/northeast into the nighttime hours. These storms began to weaken by 11 PM where most of the warnings were canceled for the cells in northern Iowa. However, by 1 AM another line was making its' way into the state that featured strong winds and did produce some warnings in southwest and southcentral Iowa. This line, along with other storms that formed in central Iowa moved off by sunrise and were nearly out of the state. Some lingering showers/thunderstorms in southeast Iowa remained. However, by Noon today only the extreme southeast corner of the state still had some light showers in their vicinity. Otherwise the rest of the state remains cloudy, with chilly temperatures or with chilly temperatures on their way. Currently the temperature range is from the lower 30s in northwest Iowa to the mid 60s in southeast Iowa, however winds from the northwest are picking up dramatically bringing in the cold air to those parts of the state that aren't quite yet in it.