Thunderstorm winds or possibly a tornado caused a Union Pacific Train to derail early this (Thursday) morning, in Crawford County. Emergency Management Coordinator Greg Miller told KJAN News some of the train’s container cars derailed between 2-and 2:25-a.m., about a mile and a half west of Westside. None of the cars were toppled over, though. The train was carrying some hazardous material, but as of the latest report, nothing was leaking, and no injuries were reported.
Miller said the train’s engineers swore a tornado caused the damage, as several of the containers inside the rail cars were sucked out of those cars. He said winds gusted up to 75-miles per hour for a short time. All the crossings are open in area towns, but power lines were down in several communities. Charter Oak, Dow City and Denison all reported scattered power outages. Winds just southwest of Denison at the airport, peaked at 87-mph at around 2:15-a.m. A few minutes earlier, winds were gusting to near 60-mph in the same area.
The National Weather Service says Arcadia, in Carroll County, was hit with near 60-mph winds and quarter-sized hail at around 2:30-a.m. Miller said the town was hit pretty hard. Elsewhere, a resident of Audubon County who lives about 7-to 8-miles east of Exira off 280th Street, reports a solid wood corn crib that’s stood the test of time for over 50-years, was blown over sometime between 2:25-and 2:45-a.m. today. And, a little southwest of Minden, in Dallas County, half-dollar size hail was reported at around 2:35-a.m.
254 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA... SOUTHWESTERN STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA... EASTERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA... WESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA... SOUTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA... NORTHWESTERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA... NORTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA... GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA... BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA... NORTHERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA... * UNTIL 345 AM CDT * AT 254 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTH OF LAKE CITY TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF PANORA...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
CRAWFORD IA-GUTHRIE IA-CASS IA-CARROLL IA-ADAIR IA-GREENE IA-
AUDUBON IA- 235 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD…GUTHRIE…NORTHERN CASS…CARROLL… NORTHERN ADAIR…WESTERN GREENE AND AUDUBON COUNTIES…
AT 234 AM CDT…SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTH OF BLACK HAWK LAKE TO 14 MILES WEST OF GREENFIELD…MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD…70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED. THERE WAS WIND DAMAGE REPORTED IN MANNING.
IMPACT…EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES…ROOFS…AND OUTBUILDINGS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
CARROLL…ATLANTIC…AUDUBON…GUTHRIE CENTER…MANNING…
COON RAPIDS…GLIDDEN…ANITA…EXIRA…ADAIR…SCRANTON…ARCADIA…
BREDA…BAYARD…VAIL…CASEY…TEMPLETON…MENLO…WESTSIDE AND DEDHAM.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 50 AND 89.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING.
CRAWFORD IA-GUTHRIE IA-CASS IA-CARROLL IA-ADAIR IA-GREENE IA-
AUDUBON IA-
227 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR EASTERN CRAWFORD…GUTHRIE…NORTHERN CASS…CARROLL…NORTHERN ADAIR…WESTERN GREENE AND AUDUBON COUNTIES…
AT 225 AM CDT…SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ODEBOLT TO 8 MILES EAST OF ATLANTIC…MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD…70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED. AT 214AM CDT…THE DENISON ASOS REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 87 MPH. IMPACT…EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES…ROOFS…AND OUTBUILDINGS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
CARROLL…DENISON…ATLANTIC…AUDUBON…GUTHRIE CENTER…MANNING…COON RAPIDS…GLIDDEN…ANITA…EXIRA…ADAIR…MANILLA…ELK HORN…SCRANTON…ARCADIA…BREDA…BAYARD…VAIL…CASEY AND TEMPLETON.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 50 AND 89.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING.
FREMONT IA-PAGE IA-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-MONTGOMERY IA-
215 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
…SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE…MONTGOMERY…NORTHERN PAGE AND EAST CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTIES UNTIL 245 AM CDT…
AT 214 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF GRISWOLD TO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF RED OAK TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHENANDOAH…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
RED OAK…CLARINDA…SHENANDOAH…VILLISCA…ESSEX…STANTON…
ELLIOTT…GRANT…COBURG…HEPBURN… VIKING LAKE STATE PARK AND PIERCE RECREATION AREA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…
HIGHWAY 34 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 36 AND 51.
HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 13 AND 19.
210 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA... GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA... NORTHERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA... CARROLL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA... NORTHERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA... WESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA... AUDUBON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA... * UNTIL 300 AM CDT * AT 210 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF DENISON TO 3 MILES SOUTH OF ATLANTIC...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CARROLL...DENISON...ATLANTIC...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER... MANNING...COON RAPIDS...GLIDDEN...ANITA...EXIRA...ADAIR... MANILLA...ELK HORN...SCRANTON...ARCADIA...BREDA...BAYARD...VAIL... CASEY AND TEMPLETON. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 50 AND 89. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN DES MOINES .
PAGE IA-MONTGOMERY IA-
146 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
…SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY AND NORTHEASTERN PAGE COUNTIES UNTIL 215 AM CDT…
AT 146 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VILLISCA…OR 17 MILES WEST OF CORNING…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
VILLISCA AND HEPBURN.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 34 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 48 AND 51.
126 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
…THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE…SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON…EASTERN DOUGLAS AND EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 130 AM CDT…
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS…AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
119 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN MONONA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN BURT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
* UNTIL 145 AM CDT
* AT 118 AM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES
NORTHWEST OF MONDAMIN…OR 35 MILES NORTH OF OMAHA…MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT…EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
MONDAMIN…PISGAH…MOORHEAD…BLENCOE…SOLDIER…LITTLE SIOUX…
PELICAN POINT STATE RECREATION AREA…
PREPARATION CANYON STATE PARK…LITTLE SIOUX SCOUT RANCH…
WILLOW LAKE RECREATION AREA AND SCHABEN PARK.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 86 AND 105.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
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