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Storms dump heavy rain/hail and destructive winds

News, Weather

June 4th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Waves of storms moving through western Iowa Tuesday evening into early this (Wednesday) morning, brought destructive winds, hail and heavy rain. The National Weather Service out of Valley, NE. will send a survey team to the Oakland area this morning to assess damage following a possible tornado that may have been responsible for knocking roofs off grain elevators.

The first wave of storms rolled into western Iowa from Nebraska Tuesday afternoon and evening, knocking out power for several hours to more than 5,100 customers of OPPD in Omaha. Mid American Energy reports 2,677 customers were still without power in Council Bluffs this morning.

Damage reports from around the area include downed trees in Council Bluffs, where there were numerous incidents of streets flooding, and water over the hoods of vehicles. In Corning, numerous homes and outbuildings were damaged by falling tree limbs, which also took out power lines not only in Corning, but elsewhere in Adams County. Large hail shattered some windshields in Corning, and damaged a fire department vehicle.

Montgomery County officials say high winds caused extensive damage in the Red Oak area, where several trees fell on vehicles and there were scattered power outages, but no immediate reports of structural damage. Roads across southwest Iowa were temporarily flooded and/or blocked by flood debris last night. In Cass County, there was debris reported between 550th and Victoria Roads, after flood waters crossed in that area.

Thunderstorm winds estimated at 86 miles per hour whipped through an area northeast of Massena Tuesday evening, while ping-pong ball to egg-sized hail pounding the same area. There were also reports of 2-to 3-foot diameter tree limbs crashing to the ground in Massena as the first wave of storms blew through. Street flooding was reported in Griswold for a time Tuesday evening, with water hubcap deep at times.

For a chronological listing of storm reports and damage, go to the Weather page at KJAN.com and scroll through the warnings and other information to find our Storm report.

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Cass County Extension Report 06-04-2014

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June 4th, 2014 by admin

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June 3 Girls Regional Soccer Postponements

Sports

June 4th, 2014 by Jim Field

  • Class 1-A Region 2: Atlantic and Tri-Center has been postponed to 6:00 p.m. Wednesday night at Neola.
  • Class 1-A Region 1: Kuemper Catholic and Missouri Valley has been postponded to 6:00 p.m. Wednesday night at Kuemper.
  • Class 1-A Region 1: Unity Christian and Trinity Christian at Orange City has been postponed to 5:00 p.m. Wednesday.
  • Class 1-A Region 1: MOC-Floyd Valley and Western Christian has been postponed to 6:00 p.m. Wednesday night with a start time of 6:00 p.m.
  • Class 1-A Region 2: Harlan & A-H-S-T will play at 4:00 p.m. tomorrow night. Treynor & Underwood will follow at 6:00 p.m. Both games will be played Wednesday at Treynor
  • Class 1-A Region 4: The Creston-Centerville regional soccer match at Indianola has been postponed to Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. at Indianola.
  • Class 2-A  Region 2: Spirit Lake and Spencer has been postponed to 6:00 p.m. Wednesday at Spencer
  • Class 2-A  Region 1: Lewis Central & Glenwood has been postponed to 5:00 p.m. Wednesday night at Lewis Central.

 

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Tuesday Baseball/Softball Results

Sports

June 4th, 2014 by Jim Field

BASEBALL:

  • Shenandoah 10, Essex 0
  • Creston 1, Clarinda 1 (suspended in 2nd inning)
  • Stanton 5, Sidney 2

SOFTBALL:

  • Creston2, Clarinda 1 (suspended in 4th inning)

 

 

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24-hour rainfall reports 6/4/2014

Weather

June 4th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Atlantic ( at KJAN – officials NWS reporting site) – 2.47″.

Lewis – 5.9″  (Reported by KJAN’s Becky Mosier)

rural Henderson – 4.7″ (reported by KJAN’s Lou Gerbino)

1.5 miles S. of Avoca – 4.1″  (1 mile w. of Avoca 2.87″) – media reports

Bedford – 4.02″ (weather spotter report)

Massena- 3.92″ – Spotter report

Red Oak – 3.75″ (media report)

Hamburg – 3.4″ (media report)

Clarinda – 3.16″ (media report)

Wiota – 2.8″ (media report)

Shenandoah – 2.79″ (media report)

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Area Primary Election results – Summary

News

June 4th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

The winners of local and most state primary elections have been tallied, with only the U-S Representative in District 3 left to be determined. Here is a summary of some local election results. These figures will not become official until canvassed in the respective counties.

In Cass County, Mary Ward beat out three other Republicans in garnering nearly 46.5% (811) of the 1,747 votes to win the Recorder’s job. Shelly Glynn was a distant second, with 27.65% (483) of the votes. Incumbent County Attorney Dan Fiestner was defeated by Dave Wiederstein, who received a little more than 64% of the votes cast (1,112) to Feistner’s 35.47% (613).  Feistner reflected on the results during Wednesday morning’s Cass County Board of Supervisor’s meeting. He said “Obviously the primary didn’t turn out too good for me yesterday, but hey, live and press on, right?” Feistner, who has served the County for 10-years, will remain as the County Attorney until the end of the current calendar year (December 31). Supervisors Gaylord Schelling and Mark Wedemeyer were unopposed in the Primary, as was County Treasurer Tracey J. Marshall.

In Adair County, Incumbent Republican Supervisor Cliff Sheriff lost the Primary to his Republican challenger Brian Rohrig in District 4. Rohrig garnered 64.3% of the vote, and moves on to face Dem. Jodie Hoadley in the November 4th General Election.

In Adams County, Republican Leland Shipley will meet Democrat Tyler Edwards in November, to determine who will sit in the District 4 Supervisor’s seat. Shipley beat fellow Republican Kevin Olsen to advance to the General Election.

In Guthrie County, Incumbent Republican Clifford Carney received nearly 61% of the vote and moves on to face Democrat Kerry Sheeder in November, to determine the winner of the Supervisor seat in District 2, while incumbent Republican Thomas Rutledge was the winner in the District 4 race.

In Montgomery County, your Republican winners include: Steven Ratcliff – Supervisor, District 1; Joshua Wiig – Supervisor, District 2; and Mark L. Peterson – Supervisor, District 4.

In  Shelby County, Republican Geralyn Greer and Democrat Jessica Gessert will meet in November to determine who will become the County Recorder, after both women beat out their respective challengers in the Primary. And, in Pottawattamie County, Republican Mark Brandenburg will face Democrat Flory Blount in November, to determine the winner of the County Recorder’s job. Republican incumbents Scott Belt and Loren Knauss, along with Justin Schultz, were the winners of a seven man Republican race for three seats on the Board of Supervisors.

For any other results, go to the Iowa Secretary of State’s website at sos.iowa.gov.

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Flood Warning for the Nodaway River at Clarinda

Weather

June 4th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

530 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

…THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER…

NODAWAY RIVER AT CLARINDA AFFECTING PAGE COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE
WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR VEHICLE TO PASS SAFELY.
IAC145-050130-

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE NODAWAY RIVER AT CLARINDA.
* AT 5:15 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 24.6 FEET…OR 1.6 FEET ABOVE
FLOOD STAGE.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 23.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST…THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 24.8 FEET THIS
MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT…AT 24.0 FEET…ADDITIONAL LOWLANDS, SOME FARMLANDS, AND
COUNTY ROADS FLOOD.

FLOODING WAS ALSO OCCURRING ON THE EAST NODAWAY RIVER TO THE EAST
AND SOUTH OF CLARINDA.

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(Podcast) Skyscan Forecast: Wed., 6/4/2014

Podcasts, Weather

June 4th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

The Freese-Notis weather forecast for the KJAN listening area and weather information for Atlantic.

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NWS forecast for Cass & area Counties 6/4/2014

Weather

June 4th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

346 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

EARLY THIS MORNING…OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 90 PERCENT.

TODAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MID MORNING. NOT AS WARM. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. NORTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 20 PERCENT.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE UPPER 50S. EAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTHEAST WIND NEAR 10 MPH.

FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE LOWER 60S.

SATURDAY…THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 60 PERCENT.

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Flood warning continues until 7:15-a.m. Wed.

Weather

June 4th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

MILLS IA-PAGE IA-MONTGOMERY IA-FREMONT IA-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-

344 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

…A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR MILLS…PAGE…MONTGOMERY…FREMONT AND POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTIES…

AT 341 AM CDT…RIVER GAUGES INDICATED FLOODING ACROSS PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA TUESDAY EVENING AND EARLY THIS MORNING. FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS WAS OCCURRING IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS…ESPECIALLY IN PARTS OF POTTAWATTAMIE…MILLS AND PAGE COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS…AS WELL AS FARM AND COUNTRY ROADS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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