Severe Thunderstorm Warning for NE Guthrie County
August 28th, 2016 by Ric Hanson
458 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
* AT 457 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST
OF LAKE PANORAMA…OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF JEFFERSON…MOVING NORTH AT
10 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…
JEFFERSON…GRAND JUNCTION…SCRANTON…BAGLEY…JAMAICA AND
JEFFERSON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. 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.