Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Adair/Adams/Ringgold/Union Counties
August 2nd, 2015 by Ric Hanson
709 PM CDT SUN AUG 2 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN RINGGOLD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…
UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 709 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CRESTON…
MOVING SOUTH 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…
CRESTON…GREEN VALLEY LAKE…SUN VALLEY LAKE…AFTON…ORIENT…
DIAGONAL…TINGLEY…CROMWELL…ARISPE…SHANNON CITY…KENT…
ELLSTON…BEACONSFIELD…GREEN VALLEY LAKE STATE PARK AND CRESTON
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM…AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.