Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley Nebraska
751 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2017

The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a

* Tornado Warning for…
Eastern Harrison County in southwestern Iowa…
West central Shelby County in southwestern Iowa…

* Until 815 PM CDT

* At 751 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles north of Logan, or 26 miles southwest of
Denison, moving southeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD…Tornado.

SOURCE…Radar indicated rotation.

IMPACT…Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.

* This dangerous storm will be near…
Persia around 815 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Woodbine, Schaben Park and Willow Lake Recreation Area.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley Nebraska
749 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2017

The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Northwestern Fremont County in southwestern Iowa…
Mills County in southwestern Iowa…
Central Pottawattamie County in southwestern Iowa…
South central Harrison County in southwestern Iowa…
Sarpy County in east central Nebraska…
Northeastern Lancaster County in southeastern Nebraska…
Northwestern Otoe County in southeastern Nebraska…
Southeastern Douglas County in east central Nebraska…
Southeastern Saunders County in east central Nebraska…
Cass County in southeastern Nebraska…

* Until 815 PM CDT

* At 748 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles southeast of Missouri Valley to 4 miles
north of Council Bluffs to near Gretna to 9 miles south of Wahoo,
moving southeast at 40 mph.

These are very dangerous storms.

HAZARD…80 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be heavily damaged. Expect
considerable damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles.
Extensive tree damage and power outages are likely.

* Locations impacted include…
Southeastern Omaha, Council Bluffs, Bellevue, Papillion, La Vista,
Plattsmouth, Ralston, Glenwood, Gretna, Waverly, Ashland,
Springfield, Oakland, Malvern, Louisville, Weeping Water, Treynor,
Underwood, Carson and Elmwood.

This includes the following highways…
Highway 34 in Iowa between mile markers 1 and 23.
Highway 59 in Iowa between mile markers 31 and 55.
Highway 75 in Nebraska between mile markers 57 and 91.
Highway 77 in Nebraska between mile markers 81 and 82.
Interstate 29 between mile markers 15 and 56.
Interstate 80 in Iowa between mile markers 1 and 23.
Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 411 and 444, and
between mile markers 448 and 454.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

Today: Partly Cloudy, warm & humid w/scattered showers & thunderstorms late. High 90. S @ 10-15.

Tonight: A 60% chance of scattered shwrs & tstrms. Some could be severe. Low 68. SE @ 5-10.

Tomorrow: Variably Cldy w/a 30% chance of scatt. showers & tstrms, mainly during the afternoon . High 85. S-N @ 10-15.

Sunday: P/Cldy. High 82.

Monday: P/Cldy. High 84.

Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 92. Our Low this morning was 62. We received .22” rain at the KJAN studios Thursday night into early this morning. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 94 and the low was 66. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 103 in 1946. The Record Low was 42 in 1974.

10:05-p.m.    1″ diameter hail (Quarter size) 4 miles south of Adair (140th & Delta) Avenue; Reported by Emergency Management.

9:20-p.m.     1/2 dollar size hail (1 1/4″) in Earlham (ranged from pea to 1.25″)

9:09-p.m.    1″ diameter hail reported 5-miles south of Stuart (Emergency Mgmt)

8:03-p.m.    2″ hail (egg size) 3-miles east of Creston (reported by the public to NWS)

7:22-p.m.     1″ hail 4 miles west/southwest of Cumberland.

7:20-p.m.     Golf ball size hail (1.75″) in Shenandoah

7:16-p.m.   Baseball size hail (2.75″) southeast of Shenandoah

7:14-p.m.      Egg size (2″) hail in Shenandoah

7:10-p.m.      Quarter to Ping-pong ball size hail (1.5″) in Shenandoah

6:25-p.m.     1/4″ to 1/2″ size hail 3 miles east of Thurman (Fremont County)

6:18-pm.     Hail from 1/2 to 3/4″ w/some 1″ diameter, 3 miles west of Pacific Junction (Mills County)

Largest hail reported in Iowa from the storm event: Baseball-size hail (2.75″ diameter) in Knoxville, Melcher-Dallas and Shenandoah. Hail in the Knoxville, M/D areas fell at around 9:30-p.m., Thursday.

Today: Areas of morning fog; Mo. Sunny w/a slight chance of day afternoon showers & thunderstorms. High 92. SW @ 10-15.

Tonight: P/Cldy to Cldy w/a 40% chance of shwrs & tstrms. Low 68. S @ 5-10.

Tomorrow: Variably Cldy w/scatt. showers & tstrms. High 88. SE @ 10-15.

Saturday: P/Cldy w/scatt. Afternoon Shwrs & tstrms. High 91.

Sunday: P/Cldy, cooler & less humid. High 82.

Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 85. Our Low this morning was 58. We received .68” rain from 7-a.m. Wednesday through Noon (for a storm total of 1.39”)  at the KJAN studios. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 95 and the low was 64. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 99 in 1918. The Record Low was 40 in 1906 & 1969.

Today: Variably cloudy w/scattered showers& tstrms this morning; High 88. W @ 10-15.

Tonight: P/Cldy. Low 68. S @ 5-10.

Tomorrow: P/Cldy w/scatt. Afternoon showers & tstrms. High 92. S @ 10-20.

Friday: V/Cldy w/scatt. Shwrs & tstrms. High 89.

Saturday: P/Cldy w/afternoon Shwrs & tstrms. High 91.

Tuesday’s High in Atlantic was 92. Our Low this morning was 64. We received .71” rain over the past 24-hours (ending at 7-a.m. today), at the KJAN studios. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 88 and the low was 66. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 97 in 1987. The Record Low was 41 in 1933.

Today: Partly cloudy, warm & humid. High 94. S @ 15-30.

Tonight: P/Cldy to cloudy w/scattered showers & tstrms.Low 74. S @ 10-15.

Tomorrow: Scatt. showers & tstrms ending in the morning; P/Cldy. High 90. W @ 10-15.

Thursday: P/Cldy to cldy w/scatt. Afternoon shwrs & tstrms. High 92.

Friday: P/Cldy to cldy w/scatt. Shwrs & tstrms. High 88.

Monday’s High in Atlantic was 87. Our Low this morning (as of 5-a.m.) was 74. We received .03” rain late Monday evening at the KJAN studios. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 91 and the low was 69. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 96 in 1987. The Record Low was 37 in 1906.

After a steamy weekend across Iowa, forecasters now say the worst is yet to come with this late spring heat wave. Meteorologist Allan Curtis, at the National Weather Service, says unseasonable high temperatures the past three days will be rising even higher tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon. “Obviously, we’ve had the heat so far and Tuesday’s going to be the hottest going forward,” Curtis says. “Through much of the state, low to mid-90s. People in Des Moines could be looking at 95, 96, something of that nature. The rest of the week is still looking hot, low 90s.”

While the daily heat index has been creeping into triple digits since Friday, no heat advisories or warnings have been issued — not yet. “We are actually pretty close in many cases toward our advisory criteria and not so much our warning quite yet,” Curtis says. “It depends on, in part, have we had heat, a few days of it, is it really humid? What’s our heat index going to be? While we haven’t seen any yet, we’ve been close to the threshold. There’s a shot that we’ll see it tomorrow.”

In addition to the high heat, there’s the possibility for severe weather late Tuesday. “We do expect some storms certainly to fire off to our west tomorrow, mostly in the afternoon and evening,” Curtis says. “They’ll eventually work their way eastward across the state. For most people, it’s going to be evening/overnight hours. There’s absolutely the potential for severe weather, primarily wind and quarter-sized hail or so.”

Oftentimes, big storms will be followed by a change in the weather but that won’t likely be the case this time. “Unfortunately with this one, we’re not going to have a big cold front behind it,” Curtis says. “We’re still going to be in the upper 80s and lower 90s in most places to round out the week. It doesn’t look like we’ll see much relief temperature-wise until the latter half of the weekend, Saturday going into Sunday.”

Iowa’s hot spot on Sunday was 95-degrees in Charles City. The normal high for this time of year is in the upper 70s to low 80s.

(Radio Iowa)

Today: Partly cloudy warm & humid w/isolated thunder showers & this morning. High 94. S @ 15-30.

Tonight: Partly cloudy.Low 75. S @ 10-15.

Tomorrow: P/Cldy w/scatt. showers & tstrms late. High 94. S @ 15-30.

Wednesday: P/Cldy to cldy w/scatt. shwrs & tstrms, especially in the morning. High 90.

Thursday: P/Cldy w/afternoon tstrms. High 92.

Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 95. Our Low this morning was 74. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 93 and the low was 71. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 95 in 1892. The Record Low was 38 in 1903.

Early this morning: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 15 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 92. Breezy, with a south wind 9 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 74. South wind 9 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 93. Breezy, with a south wind 13 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.
Tuesday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71. Breezy, with a south wind 9 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 89.
Thursday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 91.