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NWS forecast for Cass & surrounding Counties in IA, 12/27/16

Weather

December 27th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

337 AM CST TUE DEC 27 2016

EARLY THIS MORNING…CLEAR. WEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

TODAY…SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 40S. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE UPPER 20S. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 40S. WEST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. BREEZY. LOW IN THE MID 20S. WEST WIND 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

THURSDAY…SUNNY, BREEZY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 30S. NORTHWEST WIND 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH.

THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW 15 TO 20.

FRIDAY…SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 40S.

Most Iowa, Nebraska customers are power back, utilities say

News, Weather

December 26th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Utility companies have restored power to most of their Iowa and Nebraska customers following the high winds and heavy rains on Christmas. The National Weather Service says wind gusts of 70 mph were recorded Sunday night at the Norfolk and Wayne airports in Nebraska, and gusts exceeding 60 mph knocked out power to more than 4,300 customers in the Sioux City, Iowa, area.

MidAmerican Energy in Des Moines said Monday morning that fewer than 200 customers were still without power. Nebraska Public Power District says only a dozen or so of its customers haven’t gotten back their electricity.

In Nebraska, nearly an inch of rain was recorded in Fremont and Lincoln over the past 24 hours. In Iowa, more than eight-tenths of an inch was reported in Council Bluffs.

NWS forecast for Cass County (IA) & surrounding counties (12/26)

Weather

December 26th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

207 AM CST MON DEC 26 2016

EARLY THIS MORNING…MOSTLY CLEAR. SOUTHWEST WIND AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.

TODAY…SUNNY, BREEZY, COLDER. HIGH IN THE MID 30S. WEST WIND 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE LOWER 20S. WEST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

TUESDAY…SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 40S. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 40S. WEST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH.

THURSDAY…SUNNY, BREEZY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 30S.

Blizzards, ice storms wreak havoc across northern plains

News, Weather

December 26th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

CHICAGO (AP) — Travel conditions remain hazardous across much of the northern Great Plains as a winter storm continues to sweep across the region. The combination of freezing rain, snow and high winds that forced the shutdown Sunday of vast stretches of highways in the Dakotas was forecast to continue into Monday morning. The storm has also caused widespread power outages in the Dakotas, Nebraska and western Iowa.

As of 1 a.m. Monday, the South Dakota Rural Electric Association was reporting 10,231 “member-consumer-owners” were without power. In Nebraska, high winds were cited for hundreds of power outages in central and eastern portions of the state.

The weather service office in Bismarck, North Dakota, predicted snow accumulations of 8 to 15 inches in western parts of the state and thunderstorms in the central region.

Significant Weather Advisory for NW Shelby County until 5:15-p.m.

Weather

December 25th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

…SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN SHELBY…
NORTHEASTERN HARRISON AND EASTERN MONONA COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CST…

At 442 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Smithland to 4 miles northeast of Logan. Movement was northeast at 45 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include…
Ute, Defiance, Moorhead, Woodbine, Mapleton, Dunlap, Soldier,
Castana, Rodney, Schaben Park, Manteno Recreation Area and Willow
Lake Recreation Area.

Gusty winds expected in Cass & area Counties this evening

Weather

December 25th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

434 PM CST Sun Dec 25 2016
Sac-Crawford-Carroll-Audubon-Guthrie-Cass-Adair-Adams-Union-Taylor-Ringgold Counties …GUSTY WINDS WITH LINE OF STORMS… A LINE OF STORMS IS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH THROUGH WEST CENTRAL IOWA. THE STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THROUGH 630 PM. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL…AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

Significant Weather Advisory until 5-p.m. for s.w. IA

Weather

December 25th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Fremont IA-Montgomery IA-Pottawattamie IA-Monona IA-Shelby IA-
Page IA-Harrison IA-Mills IA-Washington NE-Sarpy NE-Otoe NE-Cass NE-
Douglas NE-420 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016

At 419 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 4 miles west of Missouri Valley to 5 miles northeast of Shubert. Movement was northeast at 45 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include…
Eastern Omaha, Council Bluffs, Bellevue, Plattsmouth, Red Oak,
Clarinda, Glenwood, Shenandoah, Harlan, Missouri Valley, Logan,
Oakland, Avoca, Villisca, Hamburg, Malvern, Sidney, Treynor,
Underwood and Carson.

Special Weather Statement: Monona & Northern Harrison Counties

Weather

December 25th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

407 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016

…SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN HARRISON…MONONA…COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CST…

At 404 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a line of heavy showers and strong winds along the Missouri River, or 28 miles south of Sioux City, moving northeast at 45 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.

Special Weather Statement for southwest Iowa counties

Weather

December 25th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

352 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016

Pottawattamie IA-Harrison IA-Fremont IA-Mills IA

…SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN FREMONT…SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON…WESTERN MILLS…WESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE…UNTIL 415 PM CST…

At 351 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Arlington (NE) to 3 miles southwest of Lorton (NE). Movement was northeast at 50 mph.  Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with these storms. Winds gusted to between 45 and 50 mph when the line moved past the National Weather Service in Valley.

Locations impacted include…Omaha, Council Bluffs, Bellevue, Papillion, La Vista, Blair, Nebraska City, Plattsmouth, Ralston, Glenwood, Gretna, Missouri Valley, Valley, Springfield, Arlington, Sidney, Louisville, Weeping Water, Fort Calhoun and Waterloo.

This includes the following highways…

HIGHWAY 275 IN NEBRASKA near MILE MARKER 167.

HIGHWAY 30 IN IOWA between MILE MARKERs 1 and 5.

HIGHWAY 30 IN NEBRASKA between MILE MARKERs 435 and 450.

HIGHWAY 2 IN NEBRASKA between MILE MARKERs 490 and 508.

HIGHWAY 34 IN IOWA between MILE MARKERs 1 and 9.

HIGHWAY 75 IN NEBRASKA between MILE MARKERs 45 and 120.

HIGHWAY 92 IN NEBRASKA between MILE MARKERs 463 and 466.

INTERSTATE 29 between MILE MARKERs 7 and 86.

INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA between MILE MARKERs 1 and 8.

INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA between MILE MARKERs 430 and 454.

(Update 5:40-a.m. ) Dense Fog Advisory is cancelled

Weather

December 25th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

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

DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS CANCELLED

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS CANCELLED THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY. VISIBILITIES HAVE IMPROVED AND SHOULD REMAIN MOSTLY ABOVE 1/2 MILE THIS MORNING.

THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO WEATHER ADVISORIES IN EFFECT IN THE KJAN LISTENING AREA.