WELL THAT WAS ENJOYABLE...
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WHAT AN ENJOYABLE DAY...
It was a good day for me Friday as we finally had a storm of respectable proportions, especially in terms precipitation. The only thing that would have made it better was if it had come as snow. As it was, we did see thunderstorms and some nice downpours for a time. Around 6:30 PM. Friday evening a tornado warning was even issued for Louisa County just south of Muscatine (you can see it below in the red polygon with others further south in Missouri). Notice the tornado watch box that extends right up to the Iowa border. That's a rare sight to see December 10th.
Below you can see 11 different tornado warnings in effect at the same time (7:20 PM). So far at least 28 tornadoes have been reported by SPC which makes this one of the most significant December outbreaks on record. Several fatalities have been reported along with significant damage from a long tracked supercell that may have produced tornadoes for more than 225 miles.
As for rain totals they have varied dramatically in my area. There was a narrow band where estimates on Doppler were in the range of 1 to 1.5 inches running northeast from near Mt. Pleasant to Davenport and beyond Clinton. Another one shows up a little southeast of that. Models did poorly indicating the heavy amounts which were very much tied to convective clusters. Elsewhere, most totals fell into the category of 1/4 to 1/2 inch. The NWS in Davenport reports more than 1.15 inches. That's the largest amount to fall there since October 24th and more than the past 44 days combined! Needed it...
Further north in the cold sector of the storm snow was piling up fast from far northern Iowa into Minnesota and the NW half of Wisconsin. Some totals of 12-18" inches were registered near and south of the Minneapolis metro area. East St. Paul at last report was at 21" with snow winding down.
