Severe T-storm warning eastern Harrison/Northern Shelby Co.
August 31st, 2014 by Ric Hanson
725 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…EASTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA… UNTIL 815 PM CDT
* AT 724 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOGAN…OR 27 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DENISON…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD…70 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT…EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES…ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
EARLING…IRWIN…DEFIANCE…WOODBINE…DUNLAP…PANAMA… PORTSMOUTH…WESTPHALIA…KIRKMAN…SCHABEN PARK AND MANTENO RECREATION AREA. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 80 AND 89.
THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED 60 MPH WINDS AND TREE DAMAGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.