201 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015
HARRISON IA-
201 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015
…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL HARRISON COUNTY…
AT 158 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PISGAH…OR 30
MILES SOUTHWEST OF DENISON…MOVING NORTH AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE…TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.
IMPACT…EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — New concerns are being raised about the air quality inside a northwest Iowa jail that was built on the site of a former gas station. The Sioux City Journal reports officials are looking at ways to address the concerns at the Woodbury County Law Enforcement Center. Health officials have been monitoring conditions for years with regular tests, but a test performed in the building last fall showed elevated levels of benzene.
Officials thought the problems were solved in 2003 when an air filtration system was added, but the recent tests suggests more steps might be needed. Matthew Graesch with the state Department of Natural Resources says officials are looking for a better long-term solution to make sure petroleum vapors won’t cause problems.
145 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 159 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
IAC003-071-129-137-145-159-173-175-110300-
/O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0159.150510T1845Z-150511T0300Z/
IA
. IOWA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ADAMS FREMONT MILLS
MONTGOMERY PAGE RINGGOLD
TAYLOR UNION
123 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015
…SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 200 PM CDT…
AT 122 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR UNDERWOOD TO OMAHA…AND MOVING NORTH AT 55 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS…AND 50 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED WITH THIS LINE NEAR OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE AT 111 PM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
OMAHA…NORTHERN COUNCIL BLUFFS…BLAIR…MISSOURI VALLEY…LOGAN… UNDERWOOD…FORT CALHOUN…SHELBY…MINDEN…EARLING…MONDAMIN…PERSIA…DEFIANCE…MODALE…CARTER LAKE…WOODBINE…BENNINGTON…NEOLA…BOYS TOWN AND CRESCENT.
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 156; NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1045 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015
IOWA COUNTIES INCLUDE: ADAIR AUDUBON BUENA VISTA CALHOUN CARROLL CASS CHEROKEE CLAY CRAWFORD DICKINSON EMMET GREENE
GUTHRIE HARRISON IDA LYON MONONA O`BRIEN OSCEOLA PALO ALTO PLYMOUTH POCAHONTAS POTTAWATTAMIE SAC SHELBY SIOUX WOODBURY
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN IOWA SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA EASTERN NEBRASKA SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1045 AM UNTIL 900 PM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE…
A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY; SCATTERED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY; ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE.
SCATTERED SUPERCELLS AND SHORT LINES OF SUSTAINED STORMS WITH A THREAT FOR HAIL…LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND…AND A FEW TORNADOES EXPECTED OVER WATCH AREA THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF BROOKINGS SOUTH DAKOTA TO 5 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF OMAHA NEBRASKA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
REMEMBER…A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Law enforcement agencies will be heavily patrolling the roads May 18th through the 31st (the days leading up to, and after, the Memorial Day weekend). During their patrols, officers will be looking to enforce the seat belt law, in hopes of reducing the number of crash fatalities. 
Crash data shows that passenger vehicle occupants are buckling up more during the day than at nighttime. The two-week long law enforcement mobilization across Iowa and the rest of the nation, is created to heighten seat belt enforcement 24/7, and will focus enforcement efforts, especially between the nighttime hours of 6-p.m. and 6-a.m., due to the significant number of violators and fatal crashes during this time.
Over the last ten years, Iowa has averaged 5.3 traffic fatalities during the three-day Memorial Day weekend. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration nearly half of the 21,132 passenger vehicle occupants who were killed on our nation’s roadways in 2013 were not wearing seat belts. That number jumped to 67 percent for males aged 13 – 15.
Buckling up in the back seat is just as important. Half of all front-seat occupants killed in crashes in 2012 were unrestrained but 61 percent of those killed in back seats were unrestrained. Keep in mind that those fatalities aren’t just statistics; they are someone’s family member or friend.
The Iowa Department of Public Safety and the Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau want you to remember that the single most effective way to reduce fatalities in motor vehicle crashes is to wear a seat belt every day, every trip.
A traffic stop in Red Oak early this (Sunday) morning, resulted in an arrest. Red Oak Police report 43-year old Karen Patrice Rebitzke, from Oklahoma, was arrested in the 600 block of east Reed Street at around 2:35-a.m. The woman was charged with OWI/1st offense and booked into the Montgomery County Jail, where her bond was set at $1,000.
516 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015
CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD COUNTIES….
SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER…DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH AND TORNADOES ARE ALL
POSSIBLE. A STRONG AND LONG TRACKED TORNADO MAY OCCUR.
MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY: CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS RETURN FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. A FEW SEVERE STORMS MAY OCCUR THROUGH THE PERIOD.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT: SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED BETWEEN 1 PM AND 7 PM TODAY. SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED.
441 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015
SKIES ACROSS IOWA WERE OVERCAST EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAD COOLED INTO THE UPPER 50S AND LOW 60S. WINDS WERE FROM THE EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS IN SOME LOCATIONS UP TO 25 MPH. A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS BEGINNING TO LIFT INTO WESTERN IOWA IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST INTO EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL GENERALLY COME IN THE MORNING…AND AGAIN IN THE AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT HOURS.
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE…ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON…WITH LARGE HAIL…DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES ALL POSSIBLE…ESPECIALLY IN IOWA AND WESTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTH DAKOTA. AS THE SYSTEM PUSHES EAST…MUCH COLDER AND DRIER AIR WILL PUSH IN BEHIND FOR EARLY IN THE WORK WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW NORMAL…WITH HIGHS IN THE 50S AND 60S TUESDAY…AND OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S AND 40S.
A WARMING TREND RETURNS WEDNESDAY.THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK…ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE COUNTIES. 418 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH WEST IOWA,WEST CENTRAL IOWA, EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA, NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA.
TODAY AND TONIGHT: SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A FEW TORNADOES. LARGE HAIL, AND HIGH WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE GREATEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS APPEARS TO BE IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF NEBRASKA AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA, OR FROM THE HARTINGTON AND WAYNE AREAS TO HARLAN.
THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS FROM NORFOLK TO THE OMAHA METRO AREA AND INTO SOUTHWEST IOWA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE MOVING THROUGH THE REGION DURING THE MORNING HOURS…BUT SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO DEVELOP UNTIL THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON…WITH PEAK TIMING FOR SEVERE WEATHER DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE AREA BY LATE EVENING.
MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY: INTERMITTENT CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS RETURN FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT: SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.
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