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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
342 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010

A WARM FRONT SURGED NORTHWARD ACROSS IOWA TODAY AND BROUGHT HOT
AND HUMID CONDITIONS TO THE STATE. AT 3 PM CDT...TEMPERATURES
RANGED IN THE UPPER 80S TO THE LOWER 90S WITH HEAT INDEX READINGS
RANGING NEAR 100 DEGREES IN SOME AREAS. A COLD FRONT AND
ASSOCIATED LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRIGGERED STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
OTHERWISE...MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES WITH BREEZY SOUTHERLY WINDS
PREVAILED ACROSS IOWA. 

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP ACROSS
NORTHWEST IOWA AND SPREAD EAST ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE THIS
EVENING. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEVERE
WEATHER WHERE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND EVEN ISOLATED
TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED LATER
TONIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA AND MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF FLASH
FLOODING.  

THE ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE AS A SERIES OF
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION AND PROVIDE
CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY INTO MONDAY. 

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KLP