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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
517 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2005

SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MOVED OVER 
SECTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND EASTERN IOWA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON 
HOURS. MOST LOCATIONS RECEIVED LIGHT RAIN ACCUMULATIONS...TO SEVERAL 
TENTHS OF AN INCH. A WARM FRONT EXTENDED OVER THE SOUTHWEST CORNER 
OF IOWA...ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO RANGE FROM LOWER 80S SOUTHWEST TO 
LOW 60S IN THE NORTHEAST. SOUTHEAST WINDS INCREASED OVER THE 
AFTERNOON...REACHING THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL 
IOWA. WINDS IN THE EAST RANGED FROM 5 TO 15 MPH.  

ACTIVE WEATHER IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AS THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST 
TO DEVELOP OVER EASTERN NEBRASKA THIS EVENING. SEVERE WEATHER CAN BE 
EXPECTED THROUGH EASTERN NEBRASKA...WESTERN IOWA AND POINTS SOUTH 
THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS 
WILL CONTINUE TO DRAG A COLD FRONT SOUTH OVERNIGHT...ALLOWING FOR 
ANOTHER ROUND OF WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REGION INTO THE 
OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE INTO ILLINOIS AND 
MISSOURI BY EARLY SUNDAY...CONFINING ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO AREAS WELL EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI 
RIVER. RELATIVELY DRY CONDITIONS OVER THE REGION WILL BE EXPECTED 
SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S AND 80S. 

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RUSSELL