(Updated 10-a.m. 5/29) The National Weather Service in Omaha/Valley Nebraska reports Flood Warnings continue for the Missouri in western Iowa and eastern Nebraska. A Flood Warning continues for…
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
Do not drive cars through areas where water covers the road. The
water depth may be too great to allow your vehicle to pass safely.
Turn around…don`t drown!
Today: Area of morning fog; P/Cldy to Cldy w/scattered showers & thunderstorms this afternoon. High around 70. N @ 10.
Tonight: P/Cldy to Cloudy w/showers & thunderstorms ending. Low 56. Winds light & variable.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy w/isolated showers & tstrms. High 76. Variable breeze @ 5-10 mph.
Friday: P/Cldy. High around 80.
Saturday: P/Cldy to cloudy w/scattered shwrs & tstrms. High around 78.
Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 65. Our Low 54. Rainfall in Atlantic from 7-a.m. Tuesday thru 6-a.m. today amounted to .21″ (for a total of 1.99″). Last year on this date our High was 92 and the Low was 65. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 104 in 1934. The Record Low was 29 in 1947.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Strong thunderstorms that raked eastern Nebraska and western Iowa dumped heavy rain and, in southwest Omaha, piles of hail that left some motorists temporarily stranded. Western Nebraska was first to endure the storms Monday night, with hail larger than 2 inches in diameter reported west of Ogallala. The Omaha World-Herald reported dozens of cars pulled off Interstate 80 with broken windshields. North Platte also received reports of baseball-sized hail.
Hail was reported to have been at least 12-inches deep in parts of Omaha and Council Bluffs. Snowplows were used to clear the streets of hail in those cites, and in Adair this (Tuesday) morning, as well. In Council Bluffs, a number of streets flooded as more than 2 inches of rain fell there overnight. Flash flood warnings were issued there and for areas around Lincoln and Omaha.
Hail in Adair (Photos courtesy David W. Passehl)
(Radio Iowa) — At least five tornadoes touched down in Iowa yesterday (Monday). “Kind of the strange part about this type of weather was it wasn’t even really associated with true thunderstorms, so a little bit of a rarity.” Meteorologist Todd Shea works in the National Weather Service office in La Crosse, Wisconsin, which tracked some of Monday’s storms. “Most of the tornadoes that did occur from Charles City up towards Lime Springs and into southern Minnesota literally occurred with storms that weren’t even considered thunderstorms. There wasn’t even thunder or anything. It was just rain showers, but it was an environment that could support that type of tornado activity.”
The National Weather Service has confirmed 52 tornadoes in eight states yesterday. Two “sizable” tornado tracks have been established in northeast Iowa. “Most of the damage was to farm buildings. There were a couple of homes near Charles City that were hit pretty hard,” Shea says. “But a lot of the tornado activity also just occurred in open country which was kind of a blessing, that it didn’t hit more structures.”
One tornado early Monday afternoon caused heavy damage to the Floyd County Fairgrounds in Charles City, as well as to a fertilizer plant. There was also tornado damage in or near Lime Springs, Elma, Cantril and in southeast Iowa’s Des Moines County. Howard County Emergency Management Coordinator Darrell Knecht (kun-NEKT, like “connect”) says the roofs were damaged in several homes near Riceville and Saratoga and a hog confinement was destroyed.
“One of the wind turbines had several of the blades on their propellers torn off and then the tornado continued on toward Lime Springs. went over the top of Lime Springs and just did tree and power line damage there,” he says. “And of course there was a lot of tree and power line damage out in the rural areas as well.” A sixth twister is still unconfirmed near the Quad Cities. No serious injuries are reported.
The National Weather Service in Des Moines reports a significant severe weather threat exists this afternoon, with all severe hazards possible including tornadoes, large hail, damaging and flash flooding. Remain weather aware today and be ready to take action! 
Severe storms battered western and southwest Iowa this morning with winds in excess of 60-mph and large hail. Here are some recent reports from the National Weather Service:
10:38-a.m. 3 miles S/SE of Thayer in Union County: 1.7″ of rain.
8:01-a.m. 1″ diameter hail 2 miles SW of Tingley in Ringgold County
7:00-a.m. Bedford: 2.74″ of rain
7:30-a.m. 4 miles S/SW of Brayton: 1.63″ of rain.
6:48-a.m. estimated 60-mph wind gust 3 miles E/SE of Dexter in Madison County
6:40-a.m. 6-to 8-inch tree branches down in Menlo, winds estimated at 70-mph
6:37-a.m. 10-to 12-inch diameter tree limbs blocking roads in Stuart
6:33-a.m. 5 miles W/NW of Gravity in Taylor County: large tree down at the intersection of Franklin Ave, & 175th Street, NW of Bedford.
6:29-a.m. 1-inch diameter hail 5 miles N. of New Market, in Taylor County.
6:23-a.m. 62-mph wind gust recorded on a home weather station 5 miles NW of Creston
6:22-a.m. 10-to 12-inch diameter tree branches down in Casey
6:20-a.m. Tree limbs down in Clarinda, some landed on power lines
6:19-a.m. 61-mph wind gust recorded on a home weather station 3-miles w. of Anita
Pottawattamie IA-Sarpy NE-Douglas NE-Saunders NE-Cass NE-
707 AM CDT Tue May 28 2019
The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a Flood Warning for Urban Areas and Small Streams in Pottawattamie County in southwestern Iowa…
Northern Sarpy County in east central Nebraska…
Douglas County in east central Nebraska…
Saunders County in east central Nebraska…
Northwestern Cass County in southeastern Nebraska…
* Until noon CDT.
* At 703 AM CDT, Doppler radar rain estimates and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain had caused flooding from Saunders County west of the Omaha Metro, through Omaha, and across much of Pottawattamie County Iowa. The heaviest rain has ended but flooding continues along roadways, with rises in area creeks on-going. Up to two inches of rain have already fallen.
This includes the following highways…
Interstate 29 between mile markers 43 and 63.
Interstate 80 in Iowa between mile markers 1 and 23, and near mile marker 48.
Interstate 80 in Nebraska near mile marker 426, and between mile markers 443 and 454.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
(Radio Iowa) — Iowa has fallen from the 9th to the 12th most expensive state for hail damage, according to an annual survey from the state’s largest home and auto insurer. Andrew Peschong, a State Farm agent based in the Des Moines area, says Colorado, Texas and Illinois had the worst hail damage last year, but it shifts around, depending on where the most severe weather strikes. “In 2017, we had $132-million in hail claims alone with State Farm just in Iowa,” Peschong says. “In 2018, that number went down to $57-million, so while there still was quite a few hail events in Iowa in 2018, it was down from the previous year.”
Last year, Iowa customers reported nearly six-thousand hail claims, with the average homeowner claim topping 13-thousand dollars and more than 34-hundred dollars for cars. It may not seem like hail storms hit Iowa that frequently, but Peschong notes, they don’t have to last long to do a lot of damage. “All it takes is 10 seconds or 20 seconds worth of hail falling and you have a large percentage of a certain neighborhood that will all have claims,” Peschong says.
While nothing can be done to prevent a hail storm, you can prevent problems associated with them by doing some good tree pruning every year. Also, when building or remodeling, he suggests you consider your roofing carefully. “If you’re going to get an impact-resistant roof or an impact-resistant shingle, you will pay a little more for it,” Peschong says, “but on the back end, it will really help a lot when you come into a hail storm, preventing that damage.”
He also advises clients to do a home inventory by taking pictures or video and store that inventory digitally. In addition, he says to talk to your agent and ask about your coverage and deductible.
610 AM CDT TUE MAY 28 2019
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 271 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS… IOWA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ADAIR ADAMS CASS DALLAS GUTHRIE MADISON RINGGOLD TAYLOR UNION
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