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Hazardous Weather Outlook for the KJAN listening area, 10/6/16

Weather

October 6th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

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

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THREATS ARE TORNADOES…DAMAGING WINDS…AND LARGE HAIL. A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED ACROSS WESTERN & S.W. IA THIS AFTERNOON.

AREA COUNTIES: MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS…MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. DEEP LAYER WIND SHEAR COUPLED WITH STRONG INSTABILITY WILL BE IN PLACE FOR SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREATS. GIVEN THE STRONG ENVIRONMENTAL SHEAR…A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME TORNADIC IN NATURE IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA.