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Hazardous Weather Outlook: west central, central, southern IA

Weather

May 16th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

AREA COUNTIES: SAC-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD.

405 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015

THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON…WITH STORMS MOVING EAST ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE IN THE WEST WITH HIGH WINDS AND HAIL THE MAIN THREAT. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE.

SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY: THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY MORNING AND AGAIN THE AFTERNOON. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH HIGH WINDS AND HAIL THE MAIN THREAT…AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE BEST CHANCES FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT…AND AGAIN FRIDAY. THE LIKELIHOOD OF SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW.

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT… SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE TODAY INTO TONIGHT…MAINLY WEST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 169.