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Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Montgomery/Page Counties

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August 8th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

921 PM CDT SAT AUG 8 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…

SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

PAGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 921 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER

SHENANDOAH…OR 23 MILES NORTH OF TARKIO…MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE

TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

CLARINDA…SHENANDOAH…VILLISCA…ESSEX…YORKTOWN…HEPBURN AND

PIERCE RECREATION AREA.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 13 AND 16.

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.

 

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH until 3-a.m. Sunday

Weather

August 8th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

850 PM CDT SAT AUG 8 2015

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 482 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
.    IOWA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ADAIR                ADAMS               CASS
CLARKE               DECATUR             FREMONT
LUCAS                MADISON             MILLS
MONTGOMERY           PAGE                RINGGOLD
TAYLOR               UNION               WARREN
WAYNE

Flash Flood Watch issued for parts of SW IA

Weather

August 8th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

AREA COUNTIES: DALLASADAIR-MADISONADAMS- UNIONTAYLOR-RINGGOLD

FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH 7-A.M. SUNDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP BY TONIGHT…PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WITH TWO INCHES OR MORE POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. THE MOST LIKELY PERIOD FOR HEAVY RAINFALL TO OCCUR WILL BE BETWEEN ABOUT MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM SUNDAY.

DESPITE SEVERAL DAYS OF DRY WEATHER…SUBSOIL REMAINS SATURATED IN MANY AREAS DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINS OF JULY AND EARLY AUGUST. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING WITH RAPID RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. THIS WILL BE PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS DURING THE HOURS OF DARKNESS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

Hazardous Weather Outlook for far west/sw Iowa Counties

Weather

August 8th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

AREA COUNTIES: MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT- PAGE…Sat., Aug. 8, 2015

TODAY AND TONIGHT: SCATTERED NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH SOME OF THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA…GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM DAVID CITY NEBRASKA TO ONAWA IOWA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING…ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. ISOLATED TORNADOES ALSO APPEAR POSSIBLE IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST IOWA.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND AND EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA.

SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY: THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY AS A NEW WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE PLAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT… SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND AND EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA.

Hazardous Weather Outlook for west central/central Iowa

Weather

August 8th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

AREA COUNTIES: CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE- DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD

457 AM CDT SAT AUG 8 2015

TODAY AND TONIGHT: THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT…WITH A TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREATS. SMALL…SUB-SEVERE HAIL MAY OCCUR WITH A FEW STORMS. PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL LEADING TO ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING.

SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY: ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM CHANCES EXIST LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW.

Skyscan Forecast Saturday August 8, 2015

Podcasts, Weather

August 8th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

404 AM CDT SAT AUG 8 2015

EARLY THIS MORNING…WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS. SOUTHEAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 90 PERCENT.

TODAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MID MORNING…THEN NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS BEFORE NOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTHEAST WIND NEAR 10 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 90 PERCENT.

TONIGHT…SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT…THEN THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL BEFORE MIDNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE BEFORE MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE UPPER 60S. EAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 80 PERCENT.

SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. NORTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF  THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE MID 60S. NORTHEAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH.

MONDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. NORTH WIND NEAR 10 MPH.

TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S.

 

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(Podcast) Skyscan Weather forecast, 8/7/2015

Podcasts, Weather

August 7th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

The Freese-Notis (podcast) weather forecast for Atlantic & the KJAN listening area, and weather information for Atlantic.

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KJAN listening area forecast: 8/7/15

Weather

August 7th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

400 AM CDT FRI AUG 7 2015

EARLY THIS MORNING…PARTLY CLOUDY. SOUTHWEST WIND NEAR 5 MPH.

TODAY…SUNNY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 80S. WEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY UNTIL EARLY MORNING…THEN A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING. LOW IN THE UPPER 60S. NORTHEAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.

SATURDAY…A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MID MORNING…THEN THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. EAST WIND NEAR 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 60 PERCENT.

SATURDAY NIGHT…THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY THROUGH MIDNIGHT…THEN  A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE UPPER 60S. EAST WIND NEAR 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH THROUGH MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 70 PERCENT.

SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGH IN THE MID 80S. NORTH WIND NEAR 10 MPH.

MONDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S.

Hazardous Weather Outlook for Cass & area Counties 8/6/15

Weather

August 6th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-852 AM CDT THU AUG 6 2015

TODAY AND TONIGHT: THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. A FEW OF THEM MAY BE STRONG…WITH STRONG WINDS THE MAIN THREAT.

FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY: INTERMITTENT THUNDERSTORM CHANCES EXIST SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS LOW. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL MAY BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY.

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT: SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

(Podcast) Skyscan Weather forecast, 8/6/2015

Podcasts, Weather

August 6th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

The Freese-Notis (podcast) weather forecast for Atlantic & the KJAN listening area, and weather information for Atlantic.

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