1108 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES  HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA...
  NORTHWESTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA...

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 1107 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR ATLANTIC TO GRISWOLD TO 6 MILES WEST OF
  ELLIOTT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ATLANTIC...GRISWOLD...LAKE ICARIA...ANITA...LEWIS...MASSENA...
  CUMBERLAND...MARNE...WIOTA...CARBON...LAKE ANITA STATE PARK...COLD
  SPRINGS STATE PARK...GRISWOLD PARK...ATLANTIC MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...
  ANITA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND LAKE ICARIA STATE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING
WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE`S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.