701 PM CDT SUN AUG 2 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
TAYLOR COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 701 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF
VILLISCA…OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CORNING…MOVING SOUTH AT 45
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…
BEDFORD…NEW MARKET…GRAVITY…NODAWAY…SHARPSBURG…CONWAY…
CARBON…ATHELSTAN…LAKE OF THREE FIRES STATE PARK AND BEDFORD
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.