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Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Audubon/Guthrie/Carroll/Greene Counties

Weather

April 19th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

814 PM CDT WED APR 19 2017

The National Weather Service in Des Moines has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Southwestern Greene County in west central Iowa…
Guthrie County in west central Iowa…
Audubon County in west central Iowa…
Southeastern Carroll County in west central Iowa…

* Until 900 PM CDT.

* At 814 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles north of
Audubon, moving east at 45 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, Audubon, Guthrie Center, Coon Rapids, Panora, Lake
Panorama, Exira, Elk Horn, Scranton, Bayard, Kimballton, Bagley,
Dedham, Yale, Jamaica, Brayton, Gray, Jefferson Municipal Airport,
Lakin Slough Game Management Area and Audubon County Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.