June 22 Storms & TWISTEX Update

Thunderstorms began in northwest Iowa once again early this morning and continued across the state during the overnight hours. The remnants of the storms left behind plenty of cloud cover and a very soaked ground over the state. Despite all of this working against more development, thunderstorms have once again taken hold of Iowa. Two severe thunderstorm watches are in effect for the state this afternoon and into tonight, for southwest Iowa (Watch #443 Details) and for much of central and eastern Iowa (Watch #442 Details); Both of those watches continue until 9 PM. Currently Guthrie and Dallas counties are under warnings, for the threat of large hail and damaging winds. Previously storms moved over areas to the northwest of their, putting down .75" hail and 65 mph winds near Carroll, Iowa. Expect these thunderstorms to continue to work south and east during the evening/nighttime hours until they exit the state late tonight.

More development of thunderstorms is possible tomorrow, but mainly over extreme southern Iowa. The severe threat with these storms is once again small, much like todays' threat over the state...

Early this morning when the thunderstorms were over northwest Iowa, I was able to grab a few shots of the light show that they were producing. Those pictures can be found online in my photo album: June 22 Lightning

TWISTEX Update: A quick update for now, deployment plans are possible for early next week. Targets would likely be the extreme northern plains and possibly the Canadian plains... Details will likely be finalized tomorrow, although currently the chances of deployment for that far of a target are slim.