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Severe Thunderstorm Warning: NW Adams & Cass Counties

Weather

September 19th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

244 PM CDT THU SEP 19 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…NORTHWESTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 243 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ELLIOTT…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. HAZARD…QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

ATLANTIC…LEWIS…ATLANTIC AIRPORT…CUMBERLAND…MASSENA…WIOTA AND ANITA.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 59 AND 72.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. LARGE HAIL…DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING KILLS. REMEMBER…IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER…YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 8-pm 9/19/13

Weather

September 19th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

245 PM CDT THU SEP 19 2013

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 530 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT

FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS. IOWA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE:

ADAIR ADAMS APPANOOSE CASS CLARKE DALLAS DAVIS DECATUR FREMONT GUTHRIE JASPER LUCAS MADISON MAHASKA MARION MONROE MONTGOMERY PAGE POLK POWESHIEK RINGGOLD TAYLOR UNION WAPELLO WARREN WAYNE

Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Adair & Guthrie Counties

Weather

September 19th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

237 PM CDT THU SEP 19 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…NORTHERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…SOUTHERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA… UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 234 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GUTHRIE CENTER…AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD…QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…STUART…PANORA…CASEY AND MENLO. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 74 AND 96.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. LARGE HAIL…DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING KILLS. REMEMBER…IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER…YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

Special Weather Statement: Adair & Cass Counties

Weather

September 19th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

14 AM CDT THU SEP 19 2013

…STRONG GUSTY WINDS WITH THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

AT 707 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL CASS AND WEST
CENTRAL ADAIR COUNTIES…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
FONTANELLE…

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN…AND LOOSE
OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS
STORM HAS PASSED.

Special Weather Statement 9/19/13

Weather

September 19th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

ADAIR-AUDUBON-CARROLL-CASS-GREENE-GUTHRIE-
619 AM CDT THU SEP 19 2013

…LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING STRONG WINDS OVER WEST CENTRAL  IOWA…

AT 616 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SOUTHWEST     GREENE  COUNTY TO SOUTH CENTRAL CASS COUNTY…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
BAYARD…             ANITA…              CUMBERLAND…
MASSENA…            ADAIR…              BRIDGEWATER…
BAGLEY…             GUTHRIE CENTER…     YALE…
PANORA…             JAMAICA…            CASEY…

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN…AND LOOSE
OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS
TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE
PASSED.

(Podcast) Skyscan Forecast: Thu., Sept. 19th 2013

Podcasts, Weather

September 19th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

The Freese-Notis weather forecast for Atlantic & the KJAN listening area, and weather info. for Atlantic….

Play

Storm damage report: 9/19/13

News, Weather

September 19th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Strong storms passing through western Iowa early this (Thursday) morning have caused damage in some locations. The National Weather Service in Des Moines says a trained spotter in Audubon reported winds gusting up to 60-miles per hour caused large tree branches to snap and fall four-miles east of the Audubon Airport, and some shingles were blown off a roof. A severe thunderstorm warning was issued for parts of Audubon, Cass, Adair and Guthrie Counties, just before 6-a.m.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING: ADAIR/AUDUBON/CASS/GUTHRIE COUNTIES

Weather

September 19th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

555 AM CDT THU SEP 19 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
EASTERN AUDUBON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 615 AM CDT

* AT 548 AM CDT…SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM COON RAPIDS TO ATLANTIC…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE…TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. ESTIMATED 60 MPH WINDS CAUSING
TREE AND ROOF DAMAGE WERE REPORTED FOUR MILES EAST OF AUDUBON.

IMPACT…EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
GUTHRIE CENTER…WIOTA…BAYARD…ANITA…BAGLEY AND ADAIR.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 58 AND 81.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

Hazardous Weather Outlook for western/central IA: 9/19/13

Weather

September 19th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

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

449 AM CDT THU SEP 19 2013

TODAY AND TONIGHT: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING…HOWEVER SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT LIKELY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER WESTERN IOWA THIS MORNING…AND SPREAD EAST AND SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. HIGH WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE MAIN THREATS.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

Hazardous Weather Outlook for western/s.w. Iowa, 9/19/13

Weather

September 19th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

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

400 AM CDT THU SEP 19 2013

TODAY AND TONIGHT: A COLD FRONT SWEEPING THROUGH THE OUTLOOK AREA WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. THERE IS A CHANCE A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON MAINLY SOUTH OF I-80 WHEN THE COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WOULD BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.