SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1057 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2016

…STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN TO IMPACT CASS…ADAIR…AND
ADAM COUNTIES THROUGH MIDNIGHT…AT 1055 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF WALNUT TO NEAR GRISWOLD TO NEAR MACEDONIA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.