United Group Insurance

Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Adams & Taylor Counties

Weather

May 19th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

107 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...
  TAYLOR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT

* AT 103 AM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF ESSEX TO CLARINDA TO
  HOPKINS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BEDFORD...CORNING...LENOX...ATHELSTAN...NODAWAY...GRAVITY...
  BLOCKTON...CONWAY...CARBON...SHARPSBURG...CLEARFIELD AND PRESCOTT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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