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NWS just issued a warning for Cedar Rapids, even with the line two counties away.
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This should be interesting, at the very least. I'm just dreading the damage that will be done to my garden. This line is really racing eastward.
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The abnormal dryness has expanded into eastern Iowa. I received 3 inches of rain in July, but much of that came during the first half of the month. The lawns are browning.
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Obviously, it's a long way out, but this morning's Euro has a modest system traversing the Caribbean, then it begins to turn more nw and strengthen at the end of the period as the eastern US trough erodes the subtropical ridge.
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The gulf system certainly has the appearance of a disturbance that is destined to become a tropical storm before moving into Texas.
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My power just came back on. I actually got off easy. There are severe wind reports from the north and east sides of CR, but at my house on the west side it was probably 50 mph. I also got a bit of pea size hail. The line pushed through quickly, so I only received 0.42" of rain. I finally got a solid storm with thunder and lightning, although the thunder was pretty muted with no cracks at all.
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Wow, now a report of baseball hail in Walford, just sw of Cedar Rapids.
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Three more small towns just sw of Cedar Rapids just reported golfball size hail.
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The cell along the outflow boundary, just west of Cedar Rapids, recently dropped golfball size hail. It will pass sw of CR.
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This is the first time I've ever heard of "lime" size hail.
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A lot of cells are popping over northern Iowa, extending down this morning's outflow boundary, just to my west.
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A severe storm with hail and wind passed just northeast of Cedar Rapids this morning. All I got was some nice outflow. The next batch should move southeast through the area later this afternoon and evening.
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The strong line over here has finally developed southward, extending to my sw. There is currently a warning for the county to my west. This is the best chance of an actual thunderstorm I've had in three months.
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I'm hopeful we can get something good this afternoon. If not strong/severe, at least something with thunder.
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Good show.
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This weather pattern SUCKS!!! I've had enough of this cold crap. I should not have to be wearing my winter coat within two weeks of June. Models badly underforecasted this big cutoff low. The NWS is talking about the cloud shield holding over the region through at least Thursday, if not Friday. Ugh.
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Earlier today, Amphan was tracking more northward, well east of the Euro, but the track has been nnw for the last several hours. -
The Euro and UK now take the Bay of Bengal system a bit farther west, at least scraping the Indian coast with the center. The GFS still has a n/nne track into Bangladesh.
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I don't think northern Maine is tornado territory.
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Models are showing a powerful cyclone hitting the northern Bay of Bengal coast next week. There has not been one in that area in quite a long time. That area used to be ground zero for huge death totals back in the 20th century.
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I'm a gardener. Let's not do this.
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At least I was able to get a solid thundershower around midday... heard a few rumbles and picked up 0.26" of rain. I knew that would probably be it for the day.
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For lunch today I went to the local Culver's. As I pulled into the line, a high-rider pickup truck drove by as it exited. The driver was a bearded guy with a big, white parrot perched on his shoulder. That's something you don't see every day.
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I went to Menards late this morning. The place was packed. About half the customers were wearing a mask.
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Not a day goes by without 20-30 mph wind. One of the local mets said Cedar Rapids has had 20 mph gusts every day except one this month. The wind combined with the chilly temps has made it difficult to put all my plants outside.
