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Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Audubon/Guthrie Counties

Weather

June 7th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

1248 AM CDT SUN JUN 7 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…AUDUBON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…WESTERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT

* AT 1247 AM CDT…SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES WEST OF COON RAPIDS TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AUDUBON…MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

AUDUBON…GUTHRIE CENTER…LAKE PANORAMA…EXIRA…ELK HORN… BAYARD…KIMBALLTON…BAGLEY…GRAY…AUDUBON COUNTY AIRPORT AND SPRINGBROOK STATE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS…AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.