Severe Thunderstorm Warning continues for Cass & area Counties
July 19th, 2016 by Ric Hanson
GUTHRIE IA-CASS IA-ADAIR IA-AUDUBON IA-ADAMS IA-
1236 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2016
…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN GUTHRIE…EASTERN CASS…ADAIR…SOUTHEASTERN AUDUBON AND NORTHERN ADAMS COUNTIES…
AT 1235 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF STUART…OR 11 MILES NORTH OF GREENFIELD…MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE…TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. AT 1220 PM…A 63 MPH WIND GUST
WAS RECORDED ABOUT 4 MILES WEST OF ADAIR.
IMPACT…EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING…AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
GREENFIELD…STUART…LAKE ICARIA…ANITA…ADAIR…FONTANELLE…
CASEY…MASSENA…MENLO…CUMBERLAND…PRESCOTT…BRIDGEWATER…
WIOTA…GREENFIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT…LAKE ICARIA STATE PARK…
NODAWAY PARK…LAKE ANITA STATE PARK AND ANITA 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.