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A tornado warning, replete with threatening funnel clouds, made IndyCar drivers' weekend at Iowa Speedway extra memorable.
Rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 inches are possible overnight for much of Iowa, with locally higher amounts. Dozens of counties ...
The Local 5 Weather team has called for a Weather Impact Alert Day Friday due to threat of severe storms and flash flooding.
Heavy rain caused flooding issues in Ames and rotation was observed in clouds around the Iowa Speedway in Newton while the ...
A tornado warning interrupted practice at the Iowa Speedway in Newton for INDYCAR Race Weekend Friday.There are several ...
Severe weather hit the Des Moines metro area just in time for rush hour, including at least one tornado. Extensive tree and power line damage has been reported.
DES MOINES, Iowa — Friday's storms weighed heavily on the minds of some central Iowans still recovering from last spring's tornadoes. It was March 5, 2022, when a tornado toppled trees on ...
I have spent years working on the front lines to combat the climate crisis, but it arrived at my front door last week. It came fast and in a fury. And for someone who didn’t grow up in the Midwest, I ...
A tornado siren blared in Iowa this afternoon as a funnel cloud could be seen in the backdrop of the famed speedway outside ...
Headley's apartment was right in the middle of the path of an EF 1 tornado that hit the Des Moines metro on Monday night. It was one of at least two tornadoes in the state, and some of the ...
Cooler air surging south across the state has confined the severe weather risk to mainly far southern and southeast Iowa.