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Flash Flood Warning: Ringgold & Taylor Counties

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August 9th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

433 AM CDT SUN AUG 9 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN RINGGOLD COUNTY AND TAYLOR COUNTY, UNTIL 1030 AM CDT.

* AT 432 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE… BEDFORD…LENOX…NEW MARKET…CLEARFIELD…BLOCKTON…GRAVITY… SHARPSBURG…REDDING…BENTON…CONWAY…MALOY…DELPHOS… ATHELSTAN…LAKE OF THREE FIRES STATE PARK AND BEDFORD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

 

Special Weather Statement: Cass/Adair/Adams Counties

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August 8th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

CASS IA-ADAIR IA-ADAMS IA-

1013 PM CDT SAT AUG 8 2015

…SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED…

AT 1012 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTH OF VILLISCA…OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF CORNING…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

GREENFIELD…LAKE ICARIA…FONTANELLE…ORIENT…MASSENA…

BRIDGEWATER…CARBON…NODAWAY PARK AND LAKE ICARIA STATE PARK.

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.

 

Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Eastern Montgomery County

Weather

August 8th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

945 PM CDT SAT AUG 8 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…

EASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 945 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STANTON…OR

22 MILES WEST OF CORNING…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD…PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL

DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING…WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT

WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

RED OAK…VILLISCA…STANTON…GRANT AND VIKING LAKE STATE PARK.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 34 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 39 AND 51.

 

Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Montgomery/Page Counties

Weather

August 8th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

921 PM CDT SAT AUG 8 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…

SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

PAGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 921 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER

SHENANDOAH…OR 23 MILES NORTH OF TARKIO…MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

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

TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

CLARINDA…SHENANDOAH…VILLISCA…ESSEX…YORKTOWN…HEPBURN AND

PIERCE RECREATION AREA.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 13 AND 16.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM…AND MAY LEAD TO

FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

 

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH until 3-a.m. Sunday

Weather

August 8th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

850 PM CDT SAT AUG 8 2015

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 482 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
.    IOWA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ADAIR                ADAMS               CASS
CLARKE               DECATUR             FREMONT
LUCAS                MADISON             MILLS
MONTGOMERY           PAGE                RINGGOLD
TAYLOR               UNION               WARREN
WAYNE

Flash Flood Watch issued for parts of SW IA

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August 8th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

AREA COUNTIES: DALLASADAIR-MADISONADAMS- UNIONTAYLOR-RINGGOLD

FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH 7-A.M. SUNDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP BY TONIGHT…PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WITH TWO INCHES OR MORE POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. THE MOST LIKELY PERIOD FOR HEAVY RAINFALL TO OCCUR WILL BE BETWEEN ABOUT MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM SUNDAY.

DESPITE SEVERAL DAYS OF DRY WEATHER…SUBSOIL REMAINS SATURATED IN MANY AREAS DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINS OF JULY AND EARLY AUGUST. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING WITH RAPID RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. THIS WILL BE PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS DURING THE HOURS OF DARKNESS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

Hazardous Weather Outlook for far west/sw Iowa Counties

Weather

August 8th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

AREA COUNTIES: MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT- PAGE…Sat., Aug. 8, 2015

TODAY AND TONIGHT: SCATTERED NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH SOME OF THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA…GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM DAVID CITY NEBRASKA TO ONAWA IOWA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING…ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. ISOLATED TORNADOES ALSO APPEAR POSSIBLE IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST IOWA.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND AND EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA.

SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY: THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY AS A NEW WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE PLAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT… SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND AND EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA.

Hazardous Weather Outlook for west central/central Iowa

Weather

August 8th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

AREA COUNTIES: CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE- DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD

457 AM CDT SAT AUG 8 2015

TODAY AND TONIGHT: THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT…WITH A TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREATS. SMALL…SUB-SEVERE HAIL MAY OCCUR WITH A FEW STORMS. PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL LEADING TO ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING.

SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY: ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM CHANCES EXIST LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW.

Skyscan Forecast Saturday August 8, 2015

Podcasts, Weather

August 8th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

404 AM CDT SAT AUG 8 2015

EARLY THIS MORNING…WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS. SOUTHEAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 90 PERCENT.

TODAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MID MORNING…THEN NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS BEFORE NOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTHEAST WIND NEAR 10 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 90 PERCENT.

TONIGHT…SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT…THEN THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL BEFORE MIDNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE BEFORE MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE UPPER 60S. EAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 80 PERCENT.

SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. NORTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF  THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE MID 60S. NORTHEAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH.

MONDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. NORTH WIND NEAR 10 MPH.

TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S.

 

(Podcast) Skyscan Weather forecast, 8/7/2015

Podcasts, Weather

August 7th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

The Freese-Notis (podcast) weather forecast for Atlantic & the KJAN listening area, and weather information for Atlantic.