Shelby County Emergency Management Agency Operations Manager Jason Wickizer reports, that at about 6:30-p.m. Thursday, Shelby County 911 received a call in reference to a motorcyclist who had been blown off the road while in route from Harlan to Sioux City. The motorcyclist indicated he was in a ditch and injured, with his motorcycle on top of him. The man did not know where he was, and that his phone had gone dead. Based upon his probable route and rate of travel, Incident Command was established in Dunlap, with Shelby County assuming Incident Command.

Nine search teams from Harrison, Shelby, Monona, and Crawford Counties deployed. An additional six fire departments staged and were ready to deploy. At 9:41-p.m., a farmer had located the motorcyclist, who refused medical treatment. The search was subsequently called off. The man’s name was not released.