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Significant Weather Advisory: Montgomery/Shelby/Fremont/Page/Harrison/Pott. Counties

Weather

July 6th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

FREMONT IA-PAGE IA-MILLS IA-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-MONTGOMERY IA-
459 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

…SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MONTGOMERY…SOUTHERN SHELBY…NORTHEASTERN FREMONT…NORTHERN PAGE…SOUTHEASTERN HARRISON…MILLS…POTTAWATTAMIE…UNTIL 600 AM CDT…

AT 458 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ELLIOTT…OR 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ATLANTIC…MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
SOUTHEASTERN COUNCIL BLUFFS…RED OAK…GLENWOOD…OAKLAND…AVOCA…VILLISCA…MALVERN…TREYNOR…UNDERWOOD…CARSON…ESSEX…WALNUT…STANTON…SHELBY…MINDEN…PACIFIC JUNCTION…EMERSON…ELLIOTT…MACEDONIA AND TABOR.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…
HIGHWAY 34 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 51.
HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 16 AND 66.
INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 24 AND 45.
INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 14 AND 48.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM…AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY…SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS…AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS…FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.