Travis Clark-Smith
Meteorologist at KIMT-TV (Mason City, IA)
Meteorologist on KIMT News 3 Rochester Husband/Father/Nerd/Fly Boy 🏳️🌈
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1 week ago |
kimt.com | Travis Clark-Smith
After a busy start to this work week with severe weather followed by several days of rain showers, the weather is settling down for a little while. What's responsible for this? Two distinct areas of strong low pressure are setting up. One is located to the west, over California and Arizona. The other is close, but off to our east, affecting the lower Mississippi and Ohio River Valleys. In between a strong dome of high pressure is covering the Great Plains and Upper Midwest.
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2 weeks ago |
kimt.com | Travis Clark-Smith
As thunderstorms raced across our region Monday evening, there were several reports of hail up to the size of golf balls. The largest hail reported was at Hope, Minnesota, where stones were measured at 1.75" in diameter.
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3 weeks ago |
kimt.com | Travis Clark-Smith
As we get well into the spring season, the days get longer which means later sunsets!On April 20, Rochester experienced its first sunset of 2025 at or later than 8:00 pm. The sun will set after 8 pm for the next 123 days, or a little more than four months, through the summer. The next time the sun goes down before 8 pm will be August 23, 2025. Be sure to take advantage of these later evenings as the days get warmer!
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3 weeks ago |
kimt.com | Travis Clark-Smith |Sara Knox
Residents of many north Iowa towns were awakened early this morning as severe thunderstorms marched across the region between 2:00 and 6:00 am. Just south of the KIMT viewing area, at Waverly in Bremer County, hail measuring 2.75" (baseball size) was reported. In our area, Charles City reported 2" (lime/hen egg size) hail with significant damage to vehicles reported. Garner reported 1" (quarter size) hail, which is the threshold for hail to be considered severe.
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4 weeks ago |
kimt.com | Travis Clark-Smith
As a springtime pattern emerges for this week before Easter, the possibility for strong to severe thunderstorms is also present. As a low pressure system swings through the upper midwest on Thursday, storms will likely fire in our region thanks to warmth and instability that will provide fuel. The Storm Prediction Center has placed the majority of the KIMT viewing area in a Level 2 risk area. This means that isolated to scattered severe thunderstorms are possible.
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