First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Plan on a very windy day. Well have gusts around 50 mph, especially this morning. If today is your trash day, keep an eye on the bins, especially once they have been emptied out. Give high profile vehicles some extra room as well. The wind should continue right into friday, though the gusts probably wont be any worse than 30mph by then. Our weekend still looks great with highs well into the 50s both days. Our weather turns active again as we head into next week crews and families around iowa will be cleaning up neighborhood crews and families around iowa will be cleaning up neighborhood s after Severe Weather crossed the state. Most of eastern iowa was on watch for tornados yesterday afternoon, when the sun had already set. In des moines, people found widespread damage across much of the southwest side. High winds blew through and in seconds these massive oak trees crumbled. Strong winds shattered the glass on the seco
Give high profile vehicles some extra room as well. The wind should continue right into friday, though the gusts probably wont be any worse than 30mp by then. O weekd still lookk great with highsswell into thh 50s bbh days. Our weather turns active again as we head into next week thanks kaj. Crews and families around iowa will be cleaning up neighborhood s after Severe Weather crossed the state. Most of eastern iowa was on tch for tornados yesterday afternoon, when the sun had already set. In des moines, people found the southwe side. High winds blew through and n seconds these massive oak trees crumbled. Strong winds shattered the glass on the second floor an Elementary School. It s base. Y heart just stopped i couldn believe how much damage happened in uch a short amount of time itss unbeliebable. Whether the damage there was the result of Straight Line winds or an actual tornado is up for debate. The nntional Weather Service will be surveying the area to make that official determina
This weather is imparitive. And instructors use accidents like i cant say what happened in that trailer is comming off the Hawkeye Community college todays high winds were the first time they experienced that added danger. You could be going down the road just fine, one minute and experience marty kroeneckes best advice to his students. Be prepared for the unexpected. You never know when that next gust is going to come, when its going to go down. Riding along i could try handling a semi in 50 mile wasnt easy. Hartman it only took a few minutes of driving the simulator eight hours. Its not only mentally, but its because you are constantly making corrections on the tractor trailer. On days like these semi drivers are trained to take it slower. And as drivers sharing the road its important we give semis even more room than normal around them. So they can react to those sudden gusts of wind. Weve got you covered live in waterloo. Jessica hartman kwwl news. The instructors at hawkeye saying
I have my running rebels red on this morning for a reason. Dana devils in action tonight. They are on the road taking on Colorado State tonight. 4. 5 point favorite. They lost at them fresno state last week. Some people are calling this a must win game. Its a little early in the season for that but right now they need a victory and badly. Kim lets go back to the weather by checking in with kelly. They are calling it godzilla el service nino. Kelly yet quite a bit of rain. Right now a couple of light sprinkles. I think well get a break the next couple of hours. The way with a temperature of 53 at noon. Dana we might be having some audio issues there with tom. Was that a fax man . Is that how we were making a connection was by fax . Well continue team traffic from right here. Just a matter of minutes ago it was all fog, it was low visibility here so that has lifted a little bit. Kelly will talk about that and how it could impact your commute. Thats been the issue this week. Your travel t
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