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Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Cass County

Weather

November 11th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

148 PM CST WED NOV 11 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…

CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

* UNTIL 230 PM CST

* AT 148 PM CST…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELLIOTT…OR 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ATLANTIC…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE…TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.

IMPACT…EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

ATLANTIC…GRISWOLD…ANITA…LEWIS…CUMBERLAND…MARNE…WIOTA…

COLD SPRINGS STATE PARK…ANITA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT…LAKE ANITA

STATE PARK…GRISWOLD PARK AND ATLANTIC MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 50 AND 73.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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