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Severe Thunderstorm Warning for SE Carroll/NE Audubon & Guthrie Counties

Weather

August 9th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

1135 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES  HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA...
  NORTHEASTERN AUDUBON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA...
  GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA...

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT

* AT 1135 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF
  COON RAPIDS...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF AUDUBON...MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 45 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.

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  COON RAPIDS AROUND 1145 PM CDT.
  GUTHRIE CENTER AROUND 1205 AM CDT.
  LAKE PANORAMA AND PANORA AROUND 1210 AM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
SPRINGBROOK STATE PARK...BAYARD...YALE...DEDHAM...LAKIN SLOUGH GAME
MANAGEMENT AREA AND MENLO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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