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Days of high heat lead to buckling of I-380 pavement in Iowa

Days of high heat lead to buckling of I-380 pavement in Iowa
WEBVTT CHIEF MEI METEOROLOGIST KURTIS GERTZ NOW. KURTIS: WE ARE WATCHING SOME SHOWERS TO THE WEST, NOT AS INTENSE AS THE STORM STILL IT IS TO. AT LEAST FOR NOW, IT IS DRY, AND ALSO COOL DOWN A BIT. IT IS 83 DEGREES WITH THE DEW POINT OF 70, BUT AT LEAST THE FEELS-LIKE TEMPERATURE IS 87 DEGREES, NOT IN THE TRIPLE DIGITS FOR A CHANGE. THERE WAS A SHELL CLOUD WHICH MODE INTO ELDORA AND IT HAD SOME WINS WITH THAT. THE STONEWARE WATCHING RIGHT NOW IS THE STORM THAT IS OVERT NEW SHARON, THAT HAS SOME STRONG WINDS WITH IT. I THINK WE COULD SEE SOME WINS ABOUT -- SOME 55 MY BROWER WINS OVER THERE. EARLIER, IT BROUGHT WINDS TO PALA. THIS STORM HAS WEAKENED AS A MENTIONED BEFORE, THERE ARE STILL IS STILL A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING, BUT RIGHT NOW, IS IT JUST ABOUT INCH-SIZED HAIL. 12 OUR FORECAST, WE HAVE A CHANCE OF STORMS MOVING IN, A BETTER CHANCE LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY TOMORROW MORNING, THEN YOU GET A BREAK TOMORROW MORNING BEFORE A FEW STOMS REFIRE IN THE HEATING OF THE DAY. WE HAVE WIDESPREAD LIGHTNING WITH THE STORMS SOUTHEAST, THIS IS THE LIGHTNING THAT MOLDOVA THE GOLF COURSE ANIN COLO. KEEP IN MIND, 52,000 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT IS THE TEMPERATURE OF A LIGHTNING STRIKE. IF ANYBODY THAT YOU KNOW GETS HIT BY A LIGHTNING STRIKE IN HIS UNCONSCIOUS, GOOD AS A PRN AWAY, BECAUSE MANY TIMES THEY CAN BE REVIVED. WE ARE WATCHING THE STORMS SOUTHEAST, THEN A BAND OF STORMS DOWN IN SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO WATCH. IT MIGHT BRING IN SOME HEAVIER RAIN LATER TONIGHT. 8:00, MORE STORMS MATCHING MARCHING THROUGH, AND ALSO IN THE MORNING HOUR. THOSE OF BUSH ON OUT AND THEN ON SATURDAY, WE START TO SEE SOME REDEVELOPMENT IN THE AFTERNOON ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF THE STATE. THAT COULD CATCH OF THE METRO, THEN THEY SHOULD MOVE ON OUT. IT LOOKS LIKE WEACTIVITY ON SUND WIDESPREAD, BUT THERE COULD BE SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE HEATING OF THE DAY AS WE HEAD% INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A LITTLE BIT OF ACTIVITY BEFORE THE WEEKEND, THEN I THINK THE HEAVIEST RAIN SHOULD BE CENTRAL AND SOUTH. WE DON’T EXPECT THIS EXACT AMOUNT ON THE RAIN GAUGE BUT IT SHOWS THE POTENTIAL TO EXPECT. SOME LOCATIONS COULD PUSH THREE INCHES. ZOOMING IN AGAIN, THIS IS TO SHOW YOU THE FLW OUT THERE, SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD KICK UP HEAVIER RAIN WOULD LIGHTER AMOUNTS DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE, AND LIGHTER AMOUNTS NORTHWEST. TONIGHT, 72 DEGREES WOULD HEAVY RAIN A POSSIBILITY. TONIGHT, COOLER AND STILL HUMID. 84 DEGREES WITH A SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS REFIRING IN THE AFTERNOON, 89 DEGREES IN THE AFTERNOON.
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Days of high heat lead to buckling of I-380 pavement in Iowa
Iowa roads officials say high outdoor temperatures are to blame for the buckling of a large section of pavement along Interstate 380 in Cedar Rapids.Television station KCRG says the Iowa Department of Transportation was called around 6:30 p.m. Thursday after pavement on the inside lane of northbound I-380 heaved upward.Some employees said it was the largest pavement heave they've ever seen. Officials estimate the pavement buckled about 14 inches in the center of the heave.The Iowa State Patrol says five vehicles drove over the buckled pavement before troopers could shut down the lane. Officials say there was no visible damage to any of the vehicles and no injuries were reported.(Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)

Iowa roads officials say high outdoor temperatures are to blame for the buckling of a large section of pavement along Interstate 380 in Cedar Rapids.

Television station KCRG says the Iowa Department of Transportation was called around 6:30 p.m. Thursday after pavement on the inside lane of northbound I-380 heaved upward.

Some employees said it was the largest pavement heave they've ever seen. Officials estimate the pavement buckled about 14 inches in the center of the heave.

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The Iowa State Patrol says five vehicles drove over the buckled pavement before troopers could shut down the lane. Officials say there was no visible damage to any of the vehicles and no injuries were reported.

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(Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)