FREMONT IA-PAGE IA-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-MONTGOMERY IA–

212 AM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016

AT 212 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG  THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR VILLISCA TO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLARINDA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 45 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

RED OAK…CLARINDA…SHENANDOAH…VILLISCA…ESSEX…STANTON… ELLIOTT…COIN…COLLEGE SPRINGS…SHAMBAUGH…BRADDYVILLE…GRANT… YORKTOWN…NORTHBORO…COBURG…BLANCHARD… HEPBURN AND VIKING LAKE STATE PARK.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 34 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 33 AND 51.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS…AND MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.