627 PM CDT SUN JUL 21 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…

SOUTHWESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

NORTHWESTERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA… UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 623 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BELLEVUE…OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF OMAHA…MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD…HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED. ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL WAS REPORTED AT BELLEVUE AT 623 PM CDT.

IMPACT…HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

OMAHA…COUNCIL BLUFFS…BELLEVUE…PAPILLION…LA VISTA… PLATTSMOUTH…RALSTON…OFFUTT AFB AND CAMP MAHA.

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.

5:06-p.m. — 1-inch diameter hail 3 miles S/SE of the Audubon Airport (storm spotter obs.)

4:55-p.m. — Nickel-sized hail 4 miles NE of Council Bluffs

4:22-p.m. — Golfball-sized hail (1.75″) 6 miles E/NE of the Audubon Airport (Law enforcement observed)

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
510 PM CDT SUN JUL 21 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…SOUTHERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…EXTREME NORTHWESTERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 507 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COUNCIL
BLUFFS…OR 11 MILES EAST OF OMAHA…MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

HAZARD…QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
COUNCIL BLUFFS.

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.

441 PM CDT SUN JUL 21 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CENTRAL AUDUBON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
WEST CENTRAL GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 436 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF
AUDUBON…AND MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD…PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING…WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
EXIRA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

GUTHRIE IA-AUDUBON IA-
415 PM CDT SUN JUL 21 2013

…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN AUDUBON AND NORTHWESTERN GUTHRIE COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CDT…

AT 414 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST  OF AUDUBON…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD…PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING…WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT WIND
DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN AUDUBON AND EXTREME WESTERN GUTHRIE
COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

353 PM CDT SUN JUL 21 2013

 …PENNY TO NICKEL HAIL POSSIBLE…

AT 348 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME NORTHEASTERN AUDUBON COUNTY…MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL…WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH…BRIEF MODERATE
DOWNPOURS…ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
COON RAPIDS…

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS
PASSED.

511 AM CDT SUN JUL 21 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN IOWA.

TODAY AND TONIGHT…CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST THROUGH TONIGHT. AN ISOLATED  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT.

MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY…SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTER NON AND EVENING. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED…HOWEVER AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MAYBE POSSIBLE. THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES RETURN BY FRIDAY BUT THE SEVERE PROBABILITY REMAINS LOW AT THIS TIME.

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT…

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

344 AM CDT SUN JUL 21 2013 – via the Nat’l. Weather Svc./Des Moines

EARLY THIS MORNING…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. SOUTHEAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH.

TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE MID 80S. SOUTH WIND NEAR 10 MPH.

TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE MID 60S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

MONDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HOT AND HUMID. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS AROUND 100 IN THE AFTERNOON.

MONDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTHWEST WIND NEAR 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.

TUESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 80S. NORTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE LOWER 60S.

WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. LOW IN THE MID 60S.

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430 AM CDT SAT JUL 20 2013

EARLY THIS MORNING…PARTLY CLOUDY. COOLER. NORTHEAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH.

TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 80S. EAST WIND NEAR 10 MPH.

TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING…THEN A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS BEFORE MIDNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING. MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY EARLY IN THE MORNING. LOW IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 60 PERCENT.

SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE MORNING…THEN A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE MID 80S. SOUTHEAST WIND AROUND 5 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 60 PERCENT.

SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE UPPER 60S. HIGH IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTH WIND NEAR 5 MPH. HEAT INDEX READINGS AROUND 100.

MONDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE UPPER 60S.

TUESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 80S.