**Excessive Heat Warning begins 1-p.m. today & runs through 7-pm Friday**

Today: Partly cloudy w/isolated thunderstorms. High 94. Heat Index around 106. S @ 10-20.

Tonight: Partly cloudy.Low around 77. SW @ 10-20.

Tomorrow: Sunny, hot & humid. High near 97. Heat index around 110. SW @ 10-20.
Friday: P/Cldy, hot & humid. High near 95.

Saturday: P/Cldy. High 97.

 Tuesday’s High in Atlantic was 80. We received 1.68 inches of rain here at the KJAN studios. Our 24-hour Low (through 5:30-a.m. today) was 67. Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 84 and the low was 55. The All-time Record High in Atlantic on this date was 109 in 1934. The Record Low was 44 in 1953.

Today: Sunny. Hot and humid. High in the lower 90s. South wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph. Highest heat index readings 101 to 106 in the afternoon. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING begins at 1-p.m.
Tonight: Mostly clear. Low in the mid 70s. South wind 10 to 15 mph. Highest heat index readings 101 to 106 through midnight.
Thursday: Sunny. Hot and humid. High in the mid 90s. South wind 10 to 15 mph. Highest heat index readings 106 to 111 in the afternoon.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Low in the mid 70s. South wind 5 to 15 mph. Highest heat index readings 107 to 112 through midnight.
Friday: Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of thunderstorms. High in the mid 90s. South wind 5 to 10 mph. Highest heat index readings 106 to 111 in the afternoon.
Friday Night: Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of thunderstorms. Low in the mid 70s.
Saturday: Partly sunny. High in the lower 90s.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY FOR MOST OF IOWA.

* TEMPERATURE…HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 115. HIGHS IN THE 90S…LOWS IN THE MID 70S…WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 70S.

* IMPACTS…EXCESSIVE HEAT COULD LEAD TO SEVERE HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES AND POSSIBLY DEATH IF PROPER ACTION IS NOT TAKEN.

Excessive Heat Warning from 1-p.m. Wed, thru 7-p.m Friday (Counties shaded in pink/mauve); Excessive Heat Watch for counties shaded in deep red

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY.

CHILDREN…SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC CONDITIONS ARE AT HIGHER RISK. RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AND EXERCISE TO COOLER EVENING HOURS. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER AND TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS TO GET OUT OF THE HEAT AND GET INTO AN AIR CONDITIONED SPACE.

DO NOT LEAVE PETS AND/OR CHILDREN IN UNATTENDED VEHICLES. CAR INTERIORS CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY…CALL 9 1 1.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS NOW UPGRADED ALL COUNTIES IN THE KJAN LISTENING AREA TO AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FROM 1-P.M. WEDNESDAY TO 7-P.M. FRIDAY (FOR THE FAR WESTERN COUNTIES, THE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8-P.M., FRIDAY). THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

Counties in pink/lavender will be under an Excessive Heat Warning; Counties in deep red will be in an Excessive Heat Watch.

AIR TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S WITH DEWPOINT TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S WILL LEAD TO HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 115. EXCESSIVE HEAT COULD LEAD TO SEVERE HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES AND POSSIBLY DEATH IF PROPER ACTION IS NOT TAKEN.

THIS IS A HEAT EVENT OF HIGH HEAT AND HUMIDITY WITH A LONG DURATION. THERE IS A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR HEAT RELATED ILLNESS AND DEATH.CHILDREN, SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC CONDITIONS ARE AT HIGHER RISK. RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AND EXERCISE TO COOLER EVENING HOURS. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER AND TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS TO GET OUT OF THE HEAT AND GET INTO AN AIR CONDITIONED SPACE. DO NOT LEAVE PETS AND/OR CHILDREN IN UNATTENDED VEHICLES. CAR INTERIORS CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.

KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY…CALL 9 1 1.

MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT- PAGE COUNTIES….353 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2016 …EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM WEDNESDAY TO 8 PM CDT FRIDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM WEDNESDAY TO 8 PM CDT FRIDAY. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

Excessive Heat Warning: Counties in pink; Excessive Heat Watch: Counties in deep red color.

TEMPERATURE READINGS ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND 105 DEGREES. HEAT INDEX VALUES RANGE FROM 105 TO 112 BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY DROP INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S.

EACH DAY THERE WILL BE A GOOD SOUTHWEST BREEZE, HOWEVER WINDS DIMINISH OVERNIGHT MAKING IT FEEL MORE STIFLING. THE LONGEVITY OF THE EVENT WILL RESULT IN A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS… INCLUDING CHILDREN…THE ELDERLY…OR THOSE WITH MEDICAL CONDITIONS.

LEAVING A CHILD OR PET IN AN ENCLOSED VEHICLE CAN BE DEADLY…EVEN FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE, RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE.

WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK, THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS.

ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY SO CALL 911. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR.

THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS, STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM, STAY OUT OF THE SUN, AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

TUE JUL 19 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…

NORTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

EASTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. AS MUCH AS 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TURN AROUND…DON’T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS…URBAN AREAS…HIGHWAYS…STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

Reports of storm damage are filtering-in this (Tuesday) afternoon. The most recent, a tree that fell on a power line across from 509 Spruce, in Massena, at around 12:30-p.m.  Massena Fire responded to the scene. A nearby home was not damaged.

Fallen tree in Massena Tue. afternoon. Photo courtesy Cass County Emergency Mgmt. Coordinator Mike Kennon.

At 12:20-p.m., thunderstorm winds were clocked by an automated weather system at 63-miles per hour four-miles north-northeast of Anita. Earlier, thunderstorm winds gusted to near 60-miles per hour as they pushed through Shelby County at around 11:25-a.m.  A tree fell on a car along Highway 59 just a few minutes later, one-mile north of Harlan. No injuries were reported. And, just before 11:30, a roof was lifted off of a barn in Irwin.

1248 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2016

…THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN AUDUBON COUNTY IS CANCELLED…THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE…THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL GUTHRIE…SOUTHEASTERN CASS…ADAIR AND
NORTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTIES… AT 1248 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STUART…OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREENFIELD…MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING…AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
GREENFIELD…STUART…LAKE ICARIA…FONTANELLE…CASEY…MASSENA…
MENLO…PRESCOTT…BRIDGEWATER…GREENFIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT…
NODAWAY PARK AND LAKE ICARIA STATE PARK.

GUTHRIE IA-CASS IA-ADAIR IA-AUDUBON IA-ADAMS IA-
1236 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2016

…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN GUTHRIE…EASTERN CASS…ADAIR…SOUTHEASTERN AUDUBON AND NORTHERN ADAMS COUNTIES…

AT 1235 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF STUART…OR 11 MILES NORTH OF GREENFIELD…MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE…TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. AT 1220 PM…A 63 MPH WIND GUST
WAS RECORDED ABOUT 4 MILES WEST OF ADAIR.

IMPACT…EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING…AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
GREENFIELD…STUART…LAKE ICARIA…ANITA…ADAIR…FONTANELLE…
CASEY…MASSENA…MENLO…CUMBERLAND…PRESCOTT…BRIDGEWATER…
WIOTA…GREENFIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT…LAKE ICARIA STATE PARK…
NODAWAY PARK…LAKE ANITA STATE PARK AND ANITA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

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.

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1220 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…
ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN AUDUBON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

* UNTIL 100 PM CDT

* AT 1219 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES EAST OF
ATLANTIC…MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING…AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
ATLANTIC…GREENFIELD…STUART…LAKE ICARIA…ANITA…ADAIR…
FONTANELLE…CASEY…MASSENA…MENLO…CUMBERLAND…PRESCOTT…
BRIDGEWATER…WIOTA…GREENFIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT…LAKE ICARIA
STATE PARK…NODAWAY PARK…LAKE ANITA STATE PARK AND ANITA
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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