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Be Weather Aware this week! Large dangerous storms possible

News, Weather

May 26th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

The National Weather Service reports strong to severe storms are looking increasingly possible both Monday afternoon/evening and Tuesday afternoon/evening. For both days, all modes of severe weather appear to be possible- including tornadoes, large hail, damaging winds, along heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding concerns.

In particular, at this time, Tuesday’s severe weather may be significant. There may be supercells that spawn tornadoes and very large hail. Please monitor the weather forecasts closely, especially if you have outdoor plans Monday afternoon-evening and/or Tuesday afternoon-evening.

NWS forecast for Atlantic & the area: 5/26/2019

Weather

May 26th, 2019 by admin

Today: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7am. Partly sunny, with a high near 78. Northeast wind around 8 mph becoming east southeast in the afternoon.
Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 11pm. Low around 63. East southeast wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Memorial Day: Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1pm. High near 80. Breezy, with a southeast wind 13 to 16 mph becoming south southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Monday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. South wind 7 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 79. South wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tuesday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 70.

Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 81. Our Low was 57. As of 6-a.m. Today, we had received .28” of rain here at KJAN. Last year on this date our High was 100 and the Low was 61. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 100 in 2018. The Record Low was 30 in 1901.

St. Albert’s Miller, Denison duo place at State Boys Tennis

Sports

May 26th, 2019 by admin

St. Albert’s Reed Miller and Denison’s doubles team of Colin Reis and Sean Moran placed at Boys State Tennis that finished up on Saturday.

Miller won both of his matches on Saturday in the consolation bracket and took 5th place. Miller topped Jordan Roozeboom of Pella 4-6, 7-5, 1-0 (9) to move into the 5th place match. In the 5th place match he won 6-3, 7-5 over Rhett Peters of Union.

Denison-Schleswig’s Colin Reis and Sean Moran placed 6th in doubles play. The duo beat Winterboer/Wohlgemuth of Ballard in the consolation semifinals 7-6 (2), 7-6. They then lost the 5th place match to Cedar Rapids Xavier’s Horstmann/Courter 6-7 (2), 6-2, 1-0 (6).

Boys Substate Soccer Scoreboard 05/25/2019

Sports

May 26th, 2019 by admin

Class 1A

Substate 8
Greene County 5, AHSTW 2

Class 2A

Substate 8
Lewis Central 4, Harlan 0

Substate 7
Dallas Center-Grimes 3, ADM 1

High School Baseball and Softball Scoreboard 05/25/2019

Sports

May 26th, 2019 by admin

Baseball

Johnston 17, Lewis Central 2 (4 innings)
Lewis Central 8, Boone 2
Logan-Magnolia 6, Lawton-Bronson 3
Logan-Magnolia 14, Lawton-Bronson 3
Treynor 12, Shenandoah 2
Treynor 12, Shenandoah 4

Softball

ADM 11, Van Meter 1
Boone 12, Glidden-Ralston 0
Martensdale-St Marys 13, Glidden-Ralston 1
Southeast Valley 6, Glidden-Ralston 2
Boone 13, Martensdale-St Marys 3

Boone 5, Southeast Valley 4
Carroll 7, Greene County 3
Carroll 8, Webster City 3
Chariton 2, Coon Rapids-Bayard 1
Fort Dodge 12, Lewis Central 0
Hinton 10, Logan-Magnolia 4
Harlan 5, Van Meter 3
Interstate 35 5, Harlan 3

MVAOCOU 10, Hinton 5
Ogden 3, Carroll 0
Twin Cedars 10, West Central Valley 0

Prescott woman arrested on an Assault charge Sunday morning

News

May 26th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Sheriff’s officials in Adams County report Josephine Mason, of Prescott, was arrested at around 12:26-a.m. today (Sunday), on an assault charge. Mason was taken into custody for Domestic Abuse Assault Causing Bodily Injury/1st offense.

She was transported to the Adams County Jail and held without bond, pending an appearance in front of the magistrate.

Midwest Sports Headlines: 5/26/19

Sports

May 26th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Pinch hitter Jedd Gyorko connected for a three-run homer during St. Louis’ four-run eighth inning, helping the Cardinals top the Atlanta Braves 6-3. Paul Goldschmidt and Matt Carpenter each had three hits as St. Louis improved to 7-15 in May. The Cardinals (26-25) were in danger of falling below the .500 mark for the first time since April 7.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Austin Romine and Cameron Maybin each drove in two in New York’s five-run second inning, and the Yankees held on to beat the Kansas City Royals 6-5, completing a doubleheader sweep for their seventh straight win. Romine finished with three hits and Maybin also had an RBI single in the third as won both games after severe thunderstorms postponed Friday night’s contest.

UNDATED (AP) — Bruce Cassidy and Craig Berube will meet in the Stanley Cup Final after taking different approaches to getting a second chance to be an NHL head coach. Cassidy evolved in every way to respond from a disastrous tenure in Washington to get the Bruins back to the final. As for Berube, he didn’t change a thing with the Blues after being fired by the Flyers. One of them will become the sixth coach in 12 years to lift the Cup in his second NHL head-coaching job.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A 49-year wait is over for St. Louis Blues fans. The team is in the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 1970. The Blues are facing the same opponent, the Boston Bruins, and Game 1 is Monday night. The unexpected success of a team that was last in the NHL is January has fans emotional.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Spencer Schwellenbach had three hits and drove in three runs, and Robbie Palkert threw 5 1-3 innings of strong relief as Nebraska advanced to the Big Ten Tournament championship game with a 7-3 win over Michigan on Saturday night. The fifth-seeded Cornhuskers bounced back from an 18-8 loss to the second-seeded Wolverines earlier in the day to reach the title game Sunday for the first time since 2014.

Iowa early News Headlines: Sunday. May 26 2019

News

May 26th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 5:20 a.m. CDT
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Officials say a small town in eastern Oklahoma is completely surrounded by water and is without power from major flooding on the Arkansas River. Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management spokeswoman Keli Cain says about 260 residents live in Braggs and it is not clear how many people evacuated before the flooding began. Across the state, 87 people have been injured.
NEBRASKA CITY, Neb. (AP) — Only weeks after reopening in the wake of historic flooding along the Missouri River in March, Interstate 29 on and off ramps for Highway 2 in southwest Iowa have again closed due to flooding. Highway 2 connects southwest Iowa to Nebraska City, Nebraska, over the Missouri River. The Omaha World-Herald reports that as of Saturday morning, floodwater was covering the ramps to the highway from I-29.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The National Weather Service says a tornado that hit south of Iowa City rated an EF-1, with winds of 110 mph. That word came Saturday after teams surveyed storm damage in Washington and Johnson counties. Cedar Rapids television station KCRG reports that the teams found damage to rooftops and trees and say some outbuildings and mobile homes were flipped. No injuries have been reported.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — The Salvation Army in Cedar Rapids is seeking donations to help buy box fans to be distributed to those in need as the weather gets warmer. The organization says its goal is to raise $4,000 to buy 200 fans. Community members are also welcome to donate new fans that are sealed in the box.

Weather service says EF-1 tornado hit south of Iowa City

News

May 25th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The National Weather Service says a tornado that hit south of Iowa City rated an EF-1, with winds of 110 mph. That word came Saturday after teams surveyed storm damage in Washington and Johnson counties.

Cedar Rapids television station KCRG reports that the teams found damage to rooftops and trees and say some outbuildings and mobile homes were flipped. No injuries have been reported.

Frytown, a village of about 200 that sits about 10 miles south of Iowa City, saw the brunt of the damage, with several trailers at a mobile home park there overturned.
The tornado also disrupted Iowa City West High School’s graduation ceremony Friday evening, forcing students, their families and staff to seek shelter inside the Carver-Hawkeye Arena as tornado warnings sounded..

I-29 On/Off ramps closed in Fremont County at Hwy 2

News

May 25th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office would like to inform the public that the I-29 Exit 10, Nebraska City Exit, northbound on ramp and southbound off ramps are closed because of water over the ramps and it is unknown when they will reopen.

This means if you are southbound on I-29 from Council Bluffs that there is no access to any gas stations till you get to Rock Port, Missouri. which is approximately sixty-eight miles.

Please make sure that you have fuel to make the trip because first responders have very limited access to the Interstate.