443 AM CDT SUN AUG 2 2015

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM FOR NORTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY. AT 442 AM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF IRWIN…OR 7 MILES WEST OF AUDUBON…MOVING EAST AT 40 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 IRWIN AND KIRKMAN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

437 AM CDT SUN AUG 2 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR AUDUBON COUNTY UNTIL 530 AM CDT

* AT 437 AM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF IRWIN…OR 13 MILES WEST OF AUDUBON…MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

AUDUBON…EXIRA…ELK HORN…KIMBALLTON…BRAYTON AND AUDUBON COUNTY AIRPORT.

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 .

430 AM CDT SUN AUG 2 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY…SOUTHEASTERN HARRISON COUNTY…and SOUTHERN SHELBY COUNTY…UNTIL 515 AM CDT

* AT 430 AM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PERSIA…OR 27 MILES NORTHWEST OF ATLANTIC…MOVING EAST AT 40 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…

HARLAN…AVOCA…WALNUT…SHELBY…PERSIA…PORTSMOUTH…TENNANT…

ELK HORN CREEK RECREATION AREA…PRAIRIE ROSE STATE PARK AND NISHNA BEND RECREATION AREA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…

HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 64 AND 73.

INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 34 AND 48.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

426 AM CDT SUN AUG 2 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA UNTIL 500 AM CDT

* AT 426 AM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EARLING…OR 19 MILES SOUTH OF DENISON…MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 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…

HARLAN…EARLING…IRWIN…DEFIANCE…WESTPHALIA AND KIRKMAN. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 80 AND 89.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

04 AM CDT SUN AUG 2 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…EAST CENTRAL HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…UNTIL 430 AM CDT

* AT 403 AM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LOGAN…OR 28 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DENISON…MOVING EAST AT 35 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…

PERSIA…WOODBINE…PANAMA…PORTSMOUTH AND TENNANT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

The month of July was wetter than average, and cooler than average, here in Atlantic. At the KJAN Studios, the official National Weather Service reporting site for Atlantic, we received 5.64-inches of rain last month. That was a little more than one-inch above normal (+1.02″).

The average High for the month was 83.5-degrees, which was 2.3-degrees cooler than normal. The average Low was 61.5-degrees, which was 1.6-degrees below the norm. The Mean temperature for the month (combination of the average High/Low), was 72.5-degrees, which is 2-degrees cooler than normal for this time of year.

The warmest days of the month, was 91-degrees, set on July 12th and 13th. The lowest temperature of 49, was set on July 7th.

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417 AM CDT SAT AUG 1 2015

EARLY THIS MORNING…MOSTLY CLEAR. WEST WIND NEAR 5 MPH.

TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNO LION. HIGH IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTHWEST WIND NEAR 10 MPH.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY UNTIL EARLY MORNING THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT…THEN THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING. LOW IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 60 PERCENT.

SUNDAY…SUNNY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MID MORNING. HIGH IN THE UPPER 80S. WEST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.

MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING…THEN A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE MID 80S. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 30 PERCENT.

TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF  THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S.

FOR: MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE COUNTIES IN IOWA

412 AM CDT SAT AUG 1 2015… SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE  ACROSS MOST OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA TODAY AND TONIGHT…WITH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOLDING THE BEST SHOT AT SEVERE STORMS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS…HOWEVER AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE GENERALLY OVER NORTHEAST NEBRASKA INTO WEST CENTRAL IOWA.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE MORNING IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA WILL WORK EAST TOWARD A NORFOLK TO LINCOLN LINE BY NOON. THESE STORMS GENERALLY WILL NOT BE SEVERE…BUT SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE.

THEN THIS AFTERNOON…THE COMBINATION OF DAYTIME HEATING… INCREASING HUMIDITY…AND STRONGER WIND SHEAR WILL LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. WHILE STORMS COULD POP UP JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE IN THE OUTLOOK AREA…THE MORE CONCENTRATED AREA OF STORMS IS EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF A NORTHWARD MOVING WARM FRONT. STORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE MARKEDLY AFTER 2 PM NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR ALBION TO OMAHA AND COUNCIL BLUFFS. THE BEST TORNADIC POTENTIAL IS FORECAST IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA INTO ADJACENT SECTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST IOWA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING AS THEY TRACK SOUTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA BEFORE MOVING OFF TO THE EAST LATE TONIGHT.

706 PM CDT FRI JUL 31 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…

NORTHWESTERN RINGGOLD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

SOUTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

EASTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT 704 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS REPEATEDLY MOVING OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. A RELATIVELY NARROW RIBBON OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE MORE HEAVY RAINFALL. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…

CRESTON…MOUNT AYR…CORNING…LENOX…DIAGONAL…PRESCOTT…

TINGLEY…CROMWELL…ARISPE…SHANNON CITY…KENT AND CRESTON

MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD

DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.