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Terry’s Take: Record Snow….in MAY!

Terry Swails Weather Blog

By now most of you have heard of the record late season snows that have fallen on our Midwest neighbors to the west. Hardest hit has been northern Iowa into SE Minnesota…

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    Hail To The Chief: This Brings Back Memories

    Oh my.  What a bizarre newscast we had the other day on Good Morning Quad Cities.  What made it so…

  • Weather / Weather Blog Terry Swails Weather Blog

    Terry’s Take: Duel-pol…new fangled radar now in place!

    This week, the National Weather Service completed work on the dual-polarization technology update – ending the upgrade process of 122…

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    Can Farm Animals Predict the Weather?

    One local veterinarian believes that some farm animals can feel changes in the air pressure before humans can. That can…

  • Weather / Weather Blog James Zahara Weather Blog

    Hail To The Chief: Ominous Pattern Follows Years Warmest

    No doubt, the main weather ingredients for these last couple of days of April has an overdose of spring air…

  • Weather / Weather Blog Cassie Heiter Weather Blog

    Beyond the Green Screen: Finding the Beauty in a Disaster

    Flooding is no joke in the Midwest. Flood waters have devastated homes, forced businesses to close or temporarily lose customers,…

  • Weather / Weather Blog Terry Swails Weather Blog

    Terry’s Take: The flood of 2013-(the ingredients)

    Last week was a classic setup for heavy rain across not only the immediate area but for much of eastern…

  • News / Weather Wapsi flooding on River Camp Road in Donahue Iowa (2)- submitted photo 4-22-13

    Receding flood waters fuel cautious optimism

    People in and around the Quad Cities are beginning to clean up after flooding water-logged homes and businesses and closed some streets.

  • Weather / Weather Blog James Zahara Weather Blog

    Hail To The Chief: Eagle Visit in Park View

    Last Tuesday, my latest school visit took me to Park View, Iowa and the 4th Grade Eagles of Neil Armstrong…

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    More local counties eligible for flood recovery help

    Iowa Governor Terry Branstad declared issued disaster declarations for additional counties in our area, making more residents eligible for flood recovery assistance grants.

  • Weather / Weather Blog Terry Swails Weather Blog

    Terry’s Take: 50 years of tornadoes…no EF-5′s

    I came across some neat information from the Storm Prediction Center on local tornadoes from 1961 to 2011. Over that…

  • News / Weather Monmouth flooding barricade at 11th Street and 11th Avenue photo shared with WQAD by Danielle Ross-Kushmer via Facebook 4-18-13

    Streets begin to reopen as flood waters recede

    After high water closed streets for nearly a week, some roadways were reopening as rivers receded following flooding in the Quad Cities and surrounding area.

  • Weather / Weather Blog Cassie Heiter Weather Blog

    Beyond the Green Screen: Spring Time Baby Steps

    I did something yesterday that I haven’t done in a long time. I was a little worried about it thinking…