Heavy Rainfall in the Southern Plains and Mississippi Valley; Thunderstorms in Eastern Colorado on Thursday

A multiple day heavy rainfall event will begin to set up from the Southern Plains into the Mississippi Valley Thursday, peaking in intensity over the holiday weekend. Widely scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop across eastern Colorado Thursday afternoon and evening. Large hail will be the primary hazard. Read More >

Radar images from April 13th, 2006. Click on images for larger view.
WSR-88D radar reflectivity images of the Iowa City tornadic supercell thunderstorm at 624, 629 and 633 pm. The scale is on the left in each figure. Warmer colors indicate higher intensity and cooler colors indicate lesser intensities.	WSR-88D radar velocity images of the Iowa City tornadic supercell thunderstorm at 624, 629 and 633 pm. The scale is on the left in each figure. Green shades indicate motion toward the radar and red shades indicate motion away from the radar. The radar is located to the east (right) on the image. A counter clockwise circulation (called a mesocyclone) is apparent just south of Iowa City at 633 pm where the green (toward the radar) and red (away from the radar) are adjacent to each other.

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Heavy Rainfall in the Southern Plains and Mississippi Valley; Thunderstorms in Eastern Colorado on Thursday

NWS Quad Cities Radar April 13, 2006