Fire Weather Concerns and Severe Thunderstorms through the Weekend

Dry and windy conditions, and some dry thunderstorms and lightning, may support hazardous fire activity in the northern Plains, high southern Plains and the Southwest this weekend. An active severe weather pattern is forecast for portions of the central and southern High Plains into the Upper Midwest through early the part of next week. Damaging winds, large hail, and tornadoes are possible. Read More >

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General Overview

	What:	Isolated thunderstorms developed during the late afternoon and evening hours ahead of a storm system that was moving southeastward across eastern Iowa and Illinois. The strongest of these thunderstorms produced large hail and strong gusty winds.
	When:	late afternoon and evening hours on July 13, 2015
	Rainfall Amounts:	A few hundredths to three quarters of an inch
	Hail Sizes:	nickel to softball
	Wind Speeds:	50 to 60 MPH
	Hardest Hit Areas:	Calamus. Grand Mound, and LeClaire Iowa as well as Geneseo Illinois for hail. Memphis and Rutledge Missouri as well as Hennepin Illinois for wind gusts.

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Maps

Local Rainfall (Created by 11am. Click to enlarge.)	Regional Rainfall (Click to enlarge.)

Local Storm Reports (Click for interactive display.)	Radar (Click to enlarge and loop.)

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Preliminary Local Storm Reports - Courtesy of the Iowa Environmental Mesonet (IEM)

Pictures

Pictures of hail and hail damage in Calamus Iowa

Rainfall Reports (RTPDVN - LCODVN) - Courtesy of the Iowa Environmental Mesonet (IEM)

Max/Min Temperature and Precipitation Table - (available ~845 am 07/14)

CoCoRaHS Precipitation Summary - (available ~945 am 07/14)

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Pre-Event Discussions - Courtesy of the Iowa Environmental Mesonet (IEM)

Below are links to the most recent Hazardous Weather Outlook, Area Forecast Discussion, SPC Day 1 Outlook, and
SPC Mesoscale Discussion before the event began.

Hazardous Weather Outlook - 07/13 04:28 am

Area Forecast Discussion - 07/13 01:38 pm

Mesoscale Discussion 1394

Day 1 Convective Outlook

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Fire Weather Concerns and Severe Thunderstorms through the Weekend

Severe Thunderstorms July 13, 2015 - Event Summary