(Radio Iowa) - Forecasters say there's a rising risk of severe weather across a wide portion of Iowa Friday afternoon and evening, along with a drastic downshift in temperatures.
National Weather Service Meteorologist Brian Pierce in the Davenport office says there's the potential for damaging winds, hail, and tornadoes. Pierce warns you to be "weather aware" tomorrow, especially between 5 and 11 P-M, as these storms will be moving at highway speeds, meaning, there will be less time to react. A powerful blizzard swept across Iowa last Wednesday, knocking out the lights to more than 20-thousand Iowa houses and bringing traffic to a standstill with whiteout conditions. Pierce says this approaching system may be even worse.
While most of Iowa can expect high temperatures in the 70s today and tomorrow, Pierce says this incoming storm will bring much colder weather behind it. Lows by Saturday night will be in the 20s, with snow possible.