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Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Audubon-Dallas-Greene Counties

Weather

July 27th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1058 AM CDT MON JUL 27 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN AUDUBON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT

* AT 1057 AM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF
GUTHRIE CENTER…MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
GUTHRIE CENTER…STUART…PANORA…LAKE PANORAMA…REDFIELD…
DEXTER…BAYARD…CASEY…DIAMONDHEAD LAKE…MENLO…BAGLEY…
YALE…JAMAICA…LINDEN…LAKIN SLOUGH GAME MANAGEMENT AREA AND
SPRINGBROOK STATE PARK.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 99 AND 100.

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.