Weather

Extreme weather is expected to batter Eastern Iowa between 4 and 6 p.m.

Spring is right on track in Iowa, with daffodils and tulips expected to bloom in early to mid-April with fruit trees flowering a few weeks later, said Patrick O’Malley, a Linn County-based commercial fruit and vegetable field specialist with Iowa State Extension.

Almost every location between Burlington and Dubuque along the Mississippi has a 1 in 2 chance of major flooding, according to latest NWS spring flood outlook.

The storm could dump as much as 8 inches of snow on Cedar Rapids into Thursday night.

A swath of Eastern Iowa that now includes the Cedar Rapids area is under an ice storm warning as freezing rain and strong wind gusts conspire to tangle up commutes.

Eastern Iowa is seeing come of the worst travel conditions and highest snow fall with Thursday’s winter storm.

The winter’s fluctuating temperatures continue wear and tear of Cedar Rapids roads.

But areas along the Mississippi River could see slightly above-normal risks of flooding, a report from the National Weather Service’s Quad Cities bureau stated.

Cedar Rapids and Iowa City are under a winter storm advisory until 6 p.m. Thursday,

The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for portions of east central and northeast Iowa including Cedar Rapids.

Two tornadoes touched down in Iowa Monday afternoon. They were the first tornadoes Iowa has seen during January in over 50 years, according to the National Weather Service Quad Cities Office.

Parts of Eastern Iowa were under a tornado warning Monday afternoon after a tornado was confirmed to have touched down near Williamsburg.