Severe Thunderstorm warning: NW Audubon & Carroll Counties
October 4th, 2013 by Ric Hanson
807 PM CDT FRI OCT 4 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN AUDUBON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
CARROLL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 804 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF
ELK HORN…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
HAZARD…QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT…DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
CARROLL…AUDUBON…MANNING…GLIDDEN…AUDUBON AIRPORT…GRAY…
TEMPLETON…DEDHAM…HALBUR…WILLEY…ARCADIA…CARROLL AIRPORT…
BREDA…LIDDERDALE AND LANESBORO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY…IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED…ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE
TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE…SUCH AS A BASEMENT
OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.