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Severe Thunderstorm Warning for NE Guthrie County

Weather

August 28th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

458 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…

NORTHEASTERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA

SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 457 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST

OF LAKE PANORAMA…OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF JEFFERSON…MOVING NORTH AT

10 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE

TO ROOFS…SIDING…AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

JEFFERSON…GRAND JUNCTION…SCRANTON…BAGLEY…JAMAICA AND

JEFFERSON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A

BUILDING.

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND

LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.

LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE’S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER…IF YOU CAN

HEAR THUNDER…YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.