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Severe Thunderstorm Warning for SW Madison/SE Adair/Northern Union Counties

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August 2nd, 2015 by Ric Hanson

545 PM CDT SUN AUG 2 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…

SOUTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

SOUTHEASTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

NORTHERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 545 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GREENFIELD…MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

CRESTON…GREENFIELD…GREEN VALLEY LAKE…ORIENT…LORIMOR…

MACKSBURG…CROMWELL…NODAWAY PARK…GREEN VALLEY LAKE STATE

PARK…GREENFIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND CRESTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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