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TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 247

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

625 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

TORNADO WATCH 247 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

IOWA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE: ADAMS AUDUBON CARROLL CASS CRAWFORD FREMONT HARRISON MILLS MONONA MONTGOMERY PAGE  POTTAWATTAMIE SAC SHELBY TAYLOR

420 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…

AUDUBON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

SOUTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

NORTHERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 416 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AUDUBON…

AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

COON RAPIDS…GLIDDEN…GRAY…DEDHAM…WILLEY…BAYARD…BAGLEY

AND RALSTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

BUILDING.

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

416 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…

CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

SOUTHERN AUDUBON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

SOUTHWESTERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 415 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE

WARNED AREA. RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE

AREA…WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF AROUND AN INCH EXPECTED THROUGH

5 PM EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…

ATLANTIC…AUDUBON AND GRISWOLD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS…HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY…

COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS…STREAMS AND

OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN.

MADISON IA-ADAIR IA-DALLAS IA-
 351 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013
 
 …FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN DALLAS…
 NORTHEASTERN ADAIR AND MADISON COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CDT…
 
 AT 351 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
 THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
 ADDTIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED FROM
 THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA.
 
 RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
 OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH  FLOODING INCLUDE…
 ADEL…DALLAS CENTER…DE SOTO…EARLHAM…GREENFIELD…WAUKEE AND
 WINTERSET.

WS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
 335 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

THE SEVERE STORMS PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN, OK., HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH #243) IN EFFECT UNTIL 11-P.M. CDT WED., MAY 29TH, FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST IA : FREMONT AND MILLS.

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
   FAR SOUTHWEST IOWA
   NORTHEAST KANSAS
   SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
 
 * EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 335 PM
   UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.
 
 * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE…
   SEVERAL TORNADOES POSSIBLE
   SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
     INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
   SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
 
 THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE
 MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF
 SALINA KANSAS TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF LINCOLN NEBRASKA.  

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
 
 REMEMBER…A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
 TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
 AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
 THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
 AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

AUDUBON IA-CASS IA-
 314 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013
 
 …A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CASS AND
 SOUTHWESTERN AUDUBON COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM CDT…
 
 AT 310 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ATLANTIC…AND
 MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
 
 HAZARD…QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
 
 SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.
 
 IMPACT…HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND
          DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.
 
 LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
 WIOTA…ANITA AND BRAYTON.
 
 THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 50 AND 73.

258 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…

SOUTHWESTERN AUDUBON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 257 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GRISWOLD…

AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD…QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

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

DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

ATLANTIC…LEWIS…CUMBERLAND…ATLANTIC AIRPORT…MARNE…WIOTA…

ANITA AND BRAYTON.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 50 AND 73.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

BUILDING.

247 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...
  EXTREME SOUTHERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...
  SOUTHEASTERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...
  NORTHWESTERN PAGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...
  NORTHEASTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 240 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
  ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  RED OAK...ESSEX...ELLIOTT...IMOGENE AND COBURG.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA

241 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…UNTIL 315 PM CDT

AT 237 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RED OAK…OR 40 MILES NORTH OF TARKIO…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT…EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…RED OAK…STANTON…ELLIOTT AND GRANT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA

145 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…

EXTREME SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…NORTHWESTERN PAGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA… UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 138 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…SHENANDOAH…ESSEX…FARRAGUT AND RIVERTON. THIS INCLUDES RIVERTON ROAD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.