Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Southern Cass/Western Adams Counties
May 11th, 2014 by Ric Hanson
BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1045 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
WESTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
* AT 1044 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STANTON…
OR 18 MILES WEST OF CORNING…MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT…HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
CORNING…LAKE ICARIA…MASSENA…CUMBERLAND…NODAWAY…CARBON…
LAKE ICARIA STATE PARK AND CORNING MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
IOWA.
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.