Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Montgomery/Page Counties
August 8th, 2015 by Ric Hanson
921 PM CDT SAT AUG 8 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…
PAGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…
* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
* AT 921 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
SHENANDOAH…OR 23 MILES NORTH OF TARKIO…MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT…HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
CLARINDA…SHENANDOAH…VILLISCA…ESSEX…YORKTOWN…HEPBURN AND
PIERCE RECREATION AREA.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 13 AND 16.
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.