Strong storms blow through western Iowa Wed. night
June 17th, 2021 by Ric Hanson
The first severe thunderstorm warnings in June were issued for the KJAN listening area, Wednesday night. The National Weather Service issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch at around 10-p.m., and less than 30-minutes later issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning, for Audubon and Guthrie Counties. The Weather Service says at around 10:17-p.m., thunderstorm wind damage was reported in Templeton, where tree branches ranging in size from 2-to 6-inches in diameter were snapped, and a flag pole was blown over.
At around 10:32-p.m., thunderstorm winds knocked a tree and blocking Highway 141, two miles northwest of Manila. A personal weather station six-miles west of Gray recorded a wind gust of 60-miles per hour at around 10:19-p.m. Another personal weather station reported a 62-mile per hour wind gust two miles south of Willey, in Carroll County, and a 59-mile per hour wind gust two miles northwest of Carroll.
(See the latest storm damage reports at https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=DMX&issuedby=DMX&product=LSR&format=CI&version=1&glossary=1)