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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.