Beware Of The Risk Of Severe Thunderstorms For Iowa Tonight

It's going to be a beautiful spring day for Iowa and Illinois.  High temps around 85 on April 28 are always welcome.  However, on April 29, the high temperature will be around 65.  That 20-degree drop is an indicator of a cold front coming through that may trigger severe weather, including strong winds, hail, and even tornadoes.

The timing of the storms from the National Weather Service is looking like the worst possible time as well.

Where Is The Risk For Severe Weather?

All of Iowa is in the "enhanced" threat level, with northern Iowa in the "moderate" level.

The timing of the storms is still not fully narrowed down; however, right now the National Weather Service is predicting the storms to hit between 9:00 p.m. on Monday night and 3:00 a.m. on Tuesday morning.

Be sure you are storm-ready before you go to bed for the night.

Wind, Hail, Tornadoes

The National Weather Service says, "The overall environment supports the potential for large to very large hail, damaging gusts, and strong to intense tornadoes with any discrete storms. Line-embedded tornadoes and strong gusts are possible within any convective lines.

While the storms could be severe, the National Weather Service is predicting that many areas to be missed.  But while the storms will be very scattered, the ones that do hit could be very severe and develop quickly.

As always, be prepared for severe weather, and again, with the timing of the storms predicted to be late at night, have your plan of alerts set now and be ready to quickly seek shelter.  Even in the middle of the night when you don't want to get out of your bed.