The National Weather Service, in its Hazardous Weather Outlook for western and south west Iowa, says thunderstorms are likely today and tonight, with a slight risk of severe thunderstorms, mainly from late this afternoon through this evening. The primary threat will be from large hail and damaging winds, but isolated tornadoes cannot be ruled out. The threat area is primarily for those counties along and south of Interstate 80.

Stay tuned to KJAN for further weather updates, keep a NOAA Weather Radio handy, or download alerts for your mobile and land line phones through Alert Iowa (http://homelandsecurity.iowa.gov/about_HSEMD/alert_iowa.html). Cass County residents can sign up for localized alerts at a link available on our home page at kjan.com (or here: http://entry.inspironlogistics.com/cass_ia/wens.cfm)