United Group Insurance

Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Eastern Montgomery County

Weather

August 8th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

945 PM CDT SAT AUG 8 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…

EASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 945 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STANTON…OR

22 MILES WEST OF CORNING…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD…PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL

DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING…WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT

WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

RED OAK…VILLISCA…STANTON…GRANT AND VIKING LAKE STATE PARK.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 34 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 39 AND 51.