![]() | MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1919 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0413 AM CDT Tue Aug 11 2026 AREAS AFFECTED...much of northern and central Iowa CONCERNING...Severe potential...Watch possible VALID 110913Z - 111115Z PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...40 percent SUMMARY...Developing thunderstorms may continue to evolve into a better organized cluster through 6-8 AM CDT. Eventually, this probably will become accompanied by increasing potential for strong to severe surface gusts, though how soon remains uncertain. DISCUSSION...Convection continues to increase and intensify within a zone of stronger warm advection, along a tightening lower/mid-tropospheric baroclinic ....... more |