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.
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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.
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While this storm was moving out, another system bringing accumulating snow — without the extreme winds — was moving in.
Iowans can expect dangerous wind chills of 20 to 45 degrees below zero though Saturday morning, the National Weather Service in the Quad Cities reported. If you’re going out of town for Christmas, a plumber offers tips to prevent frozen pipes.
The frigid air was moving through the central United States to the east, with windchill advisories affecting about 135 million people over the coming days.
Winds will continue to increase while temperatures decrease in the next 24 hours.
The long-duration winter storm expected to begin in Eastern Iowa late this afternoon will pack a cruel long-lasting punch.
The National Weather Service placed the Corridor on a winter storm warning between 6 p.m. Wednesday until 6 a.m. Saturday in advance of a major winter storm bringing high winds and, with them, a bitter wind chill of some 30 to 40 degrees below zero.
All of Iowa was put under a winter storm watch Monday afternoon, although estimates of snowfall between Wednesday and Friday remained uncertain -- but with strong winds, forecasters nonetheless were predicting blizzard conditions are possible.
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Cedar Rapids, along with most of Eastern Iowa,could see two to three inches of snow by Thursday evening, according to predictions from the National Weather Service’s Des Moines office.
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