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Severe Thunderstorm Warning for part of Ringgold County

Weather

June 7th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

350 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EAST CENTRAL RINGGOLD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
WEST CENTRAL DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 349 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST
OF MOUNT AYR…MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD…HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
KELLERTON AND BEACONSFIELD.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 NEAR MILE MARKER 13…AND BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 16 AND 17.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER…IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER…YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM…AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.