TRAER, Iowa (AP) — Weather officials have confirmed four tornadoes hit Iowa after severe storms passed through the state. The National Weather Service says a tornado touched down just north of Traer on Sunday and caused extensive tree damage but remained away from populated areas. A farm outbuilding also was damaged.

Officials say it appears to have been an EF-1 tornado with peak wind of 90 miles per hour. Its path was 6.6 miles long and 200 yards wide. The service says it has analyzed pictures and videos from the media and the public and confirmed at least three additional tornadoes near Jewell, Stuart, and in eastern Jasper County. No tree or structural damage was reported from them.

The agency says at least 11 tornadoes were reported Sunday evening by trained storm spotters.

246 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014

…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED…

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST IOWA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ALTHOUGH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING…RAINFALL IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO BE SUFFICIENT FOR FLASH FLOODING. THUS THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINING COUNTIES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 FROM 7-PM MONDAY UNTIL 7-AM TUESDAY.

Today -Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. Calm wind becoming west 5 to 8 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

**FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7-pm Mon. thru  7-a.m. Tuesday counties south of I-80**
Tonight – Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 1am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. East wind 6 to 9 mph becoming west northwest in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Tuesday – Sunny, with a high near 80. Breezy, with a northwest wind 7 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
Tuesday Night – Mostly clear, with a low around 60. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light west northwest after midnight.
Wednesday – Sunny, with a high near 81. Northwest wind 3 to 5 mph.
Thursday – Partly sunny, with a high near 82.

COUNTIES: POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-

351 AM CDT MON JUL 7 2014

FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7-PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 7-AM TUESDAY. 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ARE FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. SOME AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE. RECENT HEAVY RAINS HAVE NEARLY SATURATED THE SOIL MAKING RUNOFF FROM HEAVIER RAIN MORE LIKELY. THIS COULD LEAD TO FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING.

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.

COUNTIES: CASS-ADAIR-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-

338 AM CDT MON JUL 7 2014

FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH  IN EFFECT FROM 7-PM THIS EVENING UNTIL 7-AM TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN IOWA…WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.

FLASH FLOODING IS PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT. THE DEPTH OF WATER OVER ROADS CAN BE VERY DECEPTIVE. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER COVERING THE ROADWAY.

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.

Saturday’s High in Atlantic was 81, our 24-hour Low (ending today) at 7-a.m. was 64. The 24-Hour rainfall amounted to .05″.

(forecast updated 5:36-a.m. Sun., July 6, 2014 – National Weather Service/Des Moines

Today – Isolated showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 93. Heat index values as high as 102. Light south southwest wind becoming west southwest 6 to 11 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tonight – Isolated showers and thunderstorms before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light north northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday – A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. Light and variable wind becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Monday Night – Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. South wind around 6 mph becoming north northeast after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Tuesday – Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. Northwest wind 6 to 13 mph.
Tuesday Night – Mostly clear, with a low around 62.

Wednesday – Sunny, with a high near 82.

MILLS IA-MONTGOMERY IA-FREMONT IA-POTTAWATTAMIE IA– 350 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A  FLOOD WARNING FOR… EASTERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA… WESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA… NORTHEASTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA… SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA… * UNTIL 945 PM CDT *

AT 346 PM CDT…RIVER GAUGES NORTHEAST OF EMERSON ON INDIAN CREEK AND AND ALSO NEAR HENDERSON ON THE NISHNABOTNA RIVER INDICATED VALUES ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. THESE ELEVATED STREAM LEVELS ARE DUE TO HEAVY RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING. FLOODING MAY ALSO BE OCCURRING ON CRABAPPLE CREEK.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE… HENDERSON…EMERSON…HASTINGS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS…AS WELL AS FARM AND COUNTRY ROADS. D

O NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES.

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
923 AM CDT SAT JUL 5 2014

…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN IOWA…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE EAST NISHNABOTNA RIVER AT RED OAK.
* FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY MORNING…OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS
CANCELLED.
* AT 9:00 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.3 FEET…OR 1.7 FEET BELOW
FLOOD STAGE.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST…RISE TO AROUND 18.2 FEET BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THEN FALL
BACK BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY THIS EVENING.
* IMPACT…AT 18.0 FEET…RURAL LOWLANDS BEGIN TO FLOOD ALONG THE EAST
BANK.

MILLS IA-MONTGOMERY IA-
714 AM CDT SAT JUL 5 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR…
NORTHEASTERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT

* AT 712 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING ALONG INDIAN CREEK.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
EMERSON AND HASTINGS.

RIVER GAGES ALONG INDIAN ARE SHOWING SIGNIFICANT RISES DUE TO THIS
HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE CREEK MAY RISE OUT OF ITS BANKS SHORTLY.

In Atlantic (at KJAN) – .63″ as of 7-a.m. (24-hour total – rain began at around 4-am Sat.)

Ardelle in Massena reports .85″ as of 7-a.m.

Red Oak – 2.89″ as of 7-a.m. (Co-op Observer);

4 miles S. of Harlan, 2.38

Logan, 2.99″

2 mile NW of Little Sioux, 2.01″

10 miles NE of Onawa, 2.61″

Shenandoah, 3.12″ (Cooperative observer)

Villisca, .75″

1.5 miles S. of Avoca, 2.4″

2 miles west of Oakland, 2″

Castana 2.23″ (Monona County)