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Special Weather Statement: Eastern Harrison/NW Shelby Counties

Weather

September 16th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

Shelby IA-Harrison IA-
341 AM CDT SAT SEP 16 2017

…Significant Weather Advisory for EASTERN HARRISON AND NORTHWESTERN
SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL 415 AM CDT…

At 341 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6 miles northwest of Persia, or 29 miles southwest of Denison, moving northeast at 30 mph.

Dime size hail will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include…
Logan, Earling, Persia, Defiance, Woodbine, Dunlap, Panama,
Portsmouth, Westphalia, Manteno Recreation Area and Schaben Park.

This includes Highway 59 in Iowa between mile markers 85 and 91.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.