IEM Daily Feature
Tuesday, 08 July 2003

The sea was angry that day...

Posted: 08 Jul 2003 07:54 AM


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4 PM Des Moines NEXRAD base reflectivity on 7 Jul 2003.
... my friends, like an old man trying to return soup at a deli. A supercell thunderstorm blew up yesterday afternoon just to the east of Des Moines. After dumping 4.25 inch diameter hail in Newton, another storm formed over the DSM metro and dumped heavy rain with hail. Our unsettled pattern will continue today.