***Official 2024 Weather Thread***

[Ms3r4ISU]

This looks "fun."
From Midwest Weather.

 

[CoachHines3]

.8 sunday into monday

another downpour last night about 2 am with strong winds. Id guess we got another half inch, if not more.

 

[ackatch]

Another .84" this AM in Waukee. At this point I'm questioning why I even had my irrigation started up this spring.

 

[Cyclonepride]

Up at 2 night before last, up at 3 last night due to a pup who doesn't like thunder. About 6" total in the last 48 hours.

 

[2020cy]

I’d never heard of a derecho until we had that bad one a few years ago. Now it’s seems to be a common thing.

 

[Turn2]

Only .17" with a crapton of wind and no sirens. The heat burst was at 2:30 AM. Ed Wilson really nailed that 9 AM rain.

 

[cstrunk]

I’d never heard of a derecho until we had that bad one a few years ago. Now it’s seems to be a common thing.

Over-hyping social media users throw out the term way more than in the past. It seems like with every bow echo, someone is throwing around the derecho term, whether it is warranted or not. And it's not just with these kinds of things. They are trying to generate clicks.

 

[dafarmer]

Carroll area getting hit again

 

[Clonefan32]

Could we cool it with the 2 AM storms? I'm south of Des Moines and that's two sleepless nights in a row between the storms and my kids.

 

[Gunnerclone]

Another .84" this AM in Waukee. At this point I'm questioning why I even had my irrigation started up this spring.

Backflow test.

 

[Clonefan32]

This looks "fun."
From Midwest Weather.

I have tickets to the Balloon Classic in Indianola on Wednesday. Something tells me they may not go up...

 

[Agclone91]

I’d never heard of a derecho until we had that bad one a few years ago. Now it’s seems to be a common thing.

First time I remember hearing the term was 2008, it's just the popular buzzword now after 2020. Most people still don't even understand what it means, they just think its any storm with strong winds and a bow echo. Heard 3 people in the office just this morning asking if last night's storm was a derecho.

 

[ackatch]

This looks "fun."
From Midwest Weather.

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[Tailg8er]

Another .84" this AM in Waukee. At this point I'm questioning why I even had my irrigation started up this spring.

Yep, this has been the least I've used ours since we moved to this house (Johnston). Most definitely not complaining, though!

 

[Gunnerclone]

I have tickets to the Balloon Classic in Indianola on Wednesday. Something tells me they may not go up...

They should do a 10 million dollar extreme hot air ballooning comp.

 

[stuclone]

Clouds rolling into Des Moines area look ominous

 

[awd4cy]

Kinda interesting the path this morning looks exactly the same as the area shaded in the enhanced risk this evening

 

[cmartin713]

These are the clouds as they rolled into Huxley about 15 minutes ago.

 

[NorthCyd]

Raining sideways in north Ankeny right now.

 

[MJ29]

The trees are swirling in West Des Moines.

I'm so sick of storms.