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Eastern Iowa bracing for two more rounds of severe weather Tuesday night
The NWS Quad Cities bureau doubled down on projection of a moderate risk of severe weather — the second-highest warning level
Apr. 4, 2023 4:32 pm, Updated: Apr. 4, 2023 10:12 pm
Eastern Iowans are keeping their eyes peeled to the skies — and their weather alerts — in anticipation of more severe weather plaguing the area from Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday morning.
The National Weather Service’s Quad Cities bureau has doubled down on its recent projections of a moderate risk of severe weather — the second-highest warning level from the Storm Prediction Center — from Marshalltown into Illinois.
After some scattered storms dropped hail Tuesday morning — reaching up to the size of a baseball — two more rounds are expected to pass over the region:
- Round 2: Scattered supercells will increase in coverage between 4 and 11 p.m. Tuesday. They will bring chances for strong tornadoes as they move through the area at around 50 to 60 miles per hour.
- Round 3: A line of storms will pass through between midnight and 6 a.m. Wednesday, potentially bringing tornadoes, hail and damaging winds. A strong cold front is expected to follow.
The NWS Quad Cities bureau issued a tornado watch for parts of Iowa, Illinois and Missouri until 10 p.m. Tuesday. After that watch expired, the bureau issued a severe thunderstorm watch for the region until 4 a.m. Wednesday, warning of continued threats for large hail, wind damage and a potential tornado or two.
Brittney J. Miller is the Energy & Environment Reporter for The Gazette and a corps member with Report for America, a national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on under-covered issues.
Comments: (319) 398-8370; brittney.miller@thegazette.com
Large storm clouds pass through Lisbon in January 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Debris from an apartment garage is seen as cleanup continues following a tornado near the intersection of 23rd Avenue and Ninth St, in Coralville, Iowa, on Saturday, April 1, 2023. Just days later, Eastern Iowa is preparing for more potential severe weather. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
