Now in the southwest you can see another strong cell that is located to the north of sumner. This is located to the north of highway 20. This storm tracking to the north of be around hawkeye, west union and claremont between now and 11 00 tonight. Heavy rainfall is the primary threat. Additional storms are expected around eastern iowa as we go to the nighttime hours. A Flash Flood Watch is out to the north. We are expecting more heavy rain and flooding problems around the northern parts of the viewing area. We have breaking news related to the weather. Firefighters in charles city are going door to door to warn residents that evacuations could be ordered at any time between now and friday afternoon when the cedar river could be cresting. In floyd county they are saying travel is not advised. More rain is expected there. Wide due to the high waters. Stay home if you can. In the meantime scott you have pictures that illustrate the storm. Thanks to our viewers who shared their pictures. T
The heavy rains and Severe Weather that hit parts of north and east iowa are making an impact this morning there are a number of schools that have been affected. Affected. Right now north butler schools are closed for the day. That area was hit hard by heavy rain. Schools in charles city nashua plainfield and rockford are all starting two hours late closings head to our website cbs 2 iowa dot com. Com. Youre now looking at a photo of a funnel cloud that was seen yesterday evening in charles city. Ellie kew sent in this photo. Now heres video from damage left after last nights storms in floyd county. Powerful winds knocked trees into roadways closing some of them down. Other large tree branches also fell onto powerli. Powerlines. We want to thank the cbs 2 ne shared their pictures of the storms. A number of people posted pictures of the tornadoes that touched down, including this picture taken by sean britt near greene in butler county. You can track storms anytime by downloading the cb
Winds making the weather downright brutal and dangerous. I want to start with that breaking news, the death of Supreme Court justice antonin scalia. His body was discovered at the ranch in texas. You see it on the map pit. The Texas Governor made the announcement a short time ago. Scalia was born in trenton, new jersey and moved to queens as a child. He went to Xavier High School in manhattan. Hes long been known as one of the most deserve Supreme Court justices. Scalia had retired for the evening yesterday and was found dead this morning when he did not show up for breakfast. The cause of his death is unknown. He was 79 years old. We want to jump now to the weather. This in nearly a year and the worst is yet to come. The temperature overnight will drop to two degrees in the city, minus ten in the suburbs. When you factor in the windchill, it is going to feel like 30 degrees below zero in some areas. We have Team Coverage with erica grow. We still have these wind as advisories in effec
Its the 21st of february. Im pat battle. Im g. Gus rosendale. Raphael miranda is tracking the latest temperatures for us. 51 degrees. Last week it was zero at this time. 50 degrees warmer thal last week. You can see its nice and qu t as well. Not tracking any raior snow just yet mthuch isigomeerain on the way. Well get to that in a minute. Look at tau temperatures. 47 mill basin. All around t do City Temperatures well int the 40s. 44 middle village. 49 degrees city island. Yesterday you were into the low s in spots. 30 in morristown. It is cooler north and west of town. Long island, very mild, 48 in islip and 47 degrees at this hour in bridge port. Now, today is a different kind of day. Not as much su hine. The clouds will build. Its still very mild. Temperatures well into the 50sw again, a high of 54 degrees. As sunny as yesterday. We could see a few hours by the end of the day around 5 00 6 00. Well explain what that means for your morning commute to rrow in a few coming up. Pat and
Is weake ng and moving out of the region. But were still seeing a few light showers here and there as it winds down. Maybe a few flakes of snow north and west. And a little bit of ice here and there. And some advisories in effect for that. Nothing heavy expected. Light rain showers along the coast in the city and parts of long island. Well continue on and off for the rest of this evening. This is storm system number two, the one along the gulf coast. Tornado watches in effect for alabama and the Florida Panhandle tonight. And were expecting thunderstorms here tomorrow evening. Well just have light showers for your among commute. Its damp and raw all day long. By the afternoon, were in the 50s. Thats when the winds increase. Thats when the rain increases. But its really after 9 00 tomorrow night when we are going to get some really heavy rain and wind in here. And ill track for you in a few minutes. Janice, thank you. Were learning new details tonight about the driver charged in this de