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Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Cass & Audubon Counties

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May 30th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

915 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…

SOUTHEASTERN AUDUBON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 914 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GRISWOLD…

AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD…QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND

DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

ATLANTIC…MARNE…ATLANTIC AIRPORT…CUMBERLAND…WIOTA…MASSENA

AND ANITA.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 54 AND 72.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A

BUILDING.