Author Archives: Joe Winters

Independence to see record flooding

The river forecast for the Wapsi in Independence has just been updated.  The current forecast puts the crest on Saturday afternoon at 24 feet.  The would break the old record of 22.4 feet set in 1999.  As of 10:52 pm … Continue reading

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Maquoketa River Could Reach Record Levels

Update: 7:56pm New forecast from the National Weather Servie puts the crest at 22.5 feet, a new record. Crest will occur tonight around 1:00am. Initial Post: It appears that the rivers are rising higher that forecast in a couple of … Continue reading

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Training Rains Lead To Flash Flooding

Hot and humid weather provided the perfect setup for showers and storms which continue across northern Iowa early this morning.  The storms have been confined along and north of Highway 20, which has been hard hit with heavy rains for … Continue reading

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House Moving

Watch out this morning on Blairs Ferry Road as a house is being moved toward Palo. Slow going with lanes completely blocked for short periods of time as the house passes by.

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Weather Radio Programming

The First Alert Storm Team from KCRG is programming weather radios at the Wilson Avenue HyVee from 8 to 11am. The desktop weather radio costs $29.99 with the mobile model priced at $34.99 and are available at all HyVee and … Continue reading

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Beyond The Weather Definitions

Here are some definitions regarding what we saw last night flying through the Eastern Iowa Sky. Small pieces of space debris (usually parts of comets or asteroids) that are on a collision course with the Earth are called meteoroids.   These … Continue reading

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