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Hazardous Weather Outlook for the KJAN listening area

Weather

August 31st, 2014 by Ric Hanson

AREA COUNTIES: SAC-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD…430 AM CDT SUN AUG 31 2014

TODAY AND TONIGHT – THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE WEST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 169 BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND OVER THE AREA ENTIRE AREA THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS AND HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE ARE POSSIBLE. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE INTO THE VERY EARLY EVENING HOURS. HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH SOME STORMS PRODUCING RAINFALL TOTALS AROUND 3 INCHES.

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

TODAY AND TONIGHT – ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD AFFECT PARTS OF THE AREA THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THESE WILL PROBABLY REMAIN MOSTLY BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.

MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. CURRENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST SEVERE STORMS COULD DEVELOP BETWEEN 3 AND 5 PM IN EASTERN NEBRASKA. THE HIGHEST PROBABILITIES IN THAT TIME ARE ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. STORMS SHOULD THEN DEVELOP OR SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

LARGE HAIL…DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN SHOULD BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS BUT ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN NOT BE RULED OUT.