515 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

…THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IS CANCELLED…

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS…AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
450 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 450 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF
CARSON…OR 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ATLANTIC…MOVING NORTH AT 20
MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
HANCOCK AND FARM CREEK PUBLIC WILDLIFE AREA.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA MILE MARKER 44 AND NEAR MILE MARKER
58.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

437 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

…SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT…

AT 437 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES EAST OF MACEDONIA…OR 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ATLANTIC…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
OAKLAND…CARSON…MACEDONIA…HENDERSON…FARM CREEK PUBLIC WILDLIFE AREA AND OLD TOWN PARK.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 41 AND 55.

GREENE-BOONE-STORY-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK COUNTIES…
415 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON, PRIMARILY WITHIN AND AREA FROM AROUND ADEL UP TO AMES AND BOONE. SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING DIME TO PENNY SIZED HAIL AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. EACH STORM WILL BE SHORT LIVED AT ANY GIVEN POINT, BUT A FEW AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE SEVERAL OF THE STORMS IN SUCCESSION.

343 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE…
SOUTHEASTERN HARRISON AND SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM CDT...

AT 342 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG  THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF MACEDONIA…OR 26 MILES EAST OF OMAHA…MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
OAKLAND…AVOCA…TREYNOR…CARSON…WALNUT…SHELBY…MINDEN…
MACEDONIA…HANCOCK…TENNANT…NISHNA BEND RECREATION AREA…
BOTNA BEND PARK AND OLD TOWN PARK.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…
HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 41 AND 70.
INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 31 AND 48.

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.

Today: Partly cloudy to cloudy w/a 30% chance of scattered showers & thunderstorms, mainly later this afternoon. High 82. S @ 10-15.

Tonight: P/Cldy to Cldy w/a 50% chance of scattered shwrs & tstrms. Low 64. SE @ 5-10.

Tomorrow: P/Cldy to Cldy w/a 60% chance of scatt, shwrs & tstrms. High 75. NW @ 10-15.

Wed.-Thu: P/Cldy. Highs in the mid-70’s.

Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 84. Our 24-hour Low thru 5-a.m. today was 57. Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 65 and the low was 48. The All-time Record High in Atlantic on this date was 105 in 1934. The Record Low was 33 in 1930.

Today: Sunny, with a high near 84. W/SW winds 5-10.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a slight chance of showers after midnight. Low around 60.
Memorial Day: Mostly sunny w/a 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1-pm. High near 83. S @ 5-10.
Monday Night: Cloudy w/a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Low around 62.
Tuesday: Cloudy, w/a 60% chance of showers & thunderstorms. High around 76. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tue. night A 40% chance of showers & thunderstorms. Low around 57.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 74.

Saturday’s High in Atlantic was 73. Our 24-hour Low thru 7-a.m. today was 53. We received .01” rain (one-one hundredth) over the past 24-hours.  Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 74 and the low was 51. The All-time Record High in Atlantic on this date was 104 in 1934. The Record Low was 29 in 1947.

Early This Morning: Mostly clear. West wind near 10 mph.
Today: Sunny…warmer. High in the mid 80s. Southwest wind near 10 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Low around 60. Southwest wind near 10 mph.
Memorial Day: Mostly sunny with a 30 percent chance of thunderstorms. High in the lower 80s. South wind near 10 mph.
Monday Night: Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of thunderstorms. Low in the lower 60s. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday: Thunderstorms likely. High in the mid 70s. South wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of thunderstorms 60 percent.
Tuesday Night: Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of thunderstorms. Low in the upper 50s.
Wednesday: Partly sunny. High in the mid 70s.

Today: Partly Sunny w/a 40% chance of showers & thunderstorms. High near 78. South southwest wind 5 to 15 mph.

Tonight: P/Cldy w/a 30% chance of showers & thunderstorms. Low around 60.

Sunday: P/Sunny. High 83. W/Sw @ 10-15.
Sunday Night: P/Cldy w/a 30% chance of showers & thunderstorms. Low around 63.
Memorial Day: P/Sunny w/a 40% chance of afternoon showers & thunderstorms. High near 85.

Tuesday: Mo. Cldy w/a 60% chance of showers & thunderstorms. High 77.

Friday’s High in Atlantic was 77. Our 24-hour Low thru 7-a.m. today was 59. We received .26” rain over the past 24-hours ending today at 7-a.m..  The total rainfall in Atlantic from Monday through this morning is 6.05-inches. Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 73 and the low was 60. The All-time Record High in Atlantic on this date was 95 in 1895. The Record Low was 29 in 1894.

403 AM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016

EARLY THIS MORNING…PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. SOUTH WIND NEAR 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 80 PERCENT.

TODAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MID MORNING…THEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 50 PERCENT.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING…THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS BEFORE MIDNIGHT. PARTLY CLOUDY AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE MID 50S. SOUTHWEST WIND NEAR 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH THROUGH MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.

SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTHWEST WIND NEAR 10 MPH.

SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY THROUGH MIDNIGHT THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW AROUND 60. SOUTH WIND NEAR 10 MPH.

MEMORIAL DAY…PARTLY SUNNY. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING…THEN THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTH WIND NEAR 5 MPH INCREASING TO 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 60 PERCENT.

MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE LOWER 60S.

TUESDAY…THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 60 PERCENT.