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Tornado Watch clarification

Weather

June 3rd, 2014 by Ric Hanson

WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCHES 207/210
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
603 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 210 UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY WHICH REPLACES A PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH 207. THE NEW WATCH IS VALID FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN IOWA THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 11 COUNTIES

IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA

CLARKE DECATUR LUCAS MADISON RINGGOLD UNION WAYNE

IN SOUTHWEST IOWA

ADAIR ADAMS CASS TAYLOR

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…ADAIR…ALLERTON…ATLANTIC…
BEDFORD…CHARITON…CORNING…CORYDON…CRESTON…EARLHAM…
FONTANELLE…GREENFIELD…HUMESTON…LAMONI…LENOX…LEON…
MOUNT AYR…NEW MARKET…OSCEOLA…SEYMOUR…
STUART AND WINTERSET.

TORNADO WATCH 207 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR THE  FOLLOWING LOCATIONS . IOWA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

FREMONT HARRISON IDA MILLS MONONA MONTGOMERY  PAGE POTTAWATTAMIE SHELBY
WOODBURY

Tornado Watch extended until 1-a.m. Wednesday

Weather

June 3rd, 2014 by Ric Hanson

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 210
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
600 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

TORNADO WATCH 210 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
. IOWA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE:

ADAIR ADAMS APPANOOSE CASS CLARKE DAVIS DECATUR FREMONT LUCAS MADISON MARION MILLS MONROE MONTGOMERY PAGE POTTAWATTAMIE RINGGOLD TAYLOR UNION WAPELLO WARREN WAYNE

Severe Tstorm warning eastern Cass/Adair Counties

Weather

June 3rd, 2014 by Ric Hanson

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
556 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 556 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES WEST OF
GREENFIELD…MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…PUBLIC.

IMPACT…HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
GREENFIELD…STUART…ANITA…ADAIR…FONTANELLE…ORIENT…
MASSENA…CUMBERLAND…BRIDGEWATER…WIOTA…NODAWAY PARK…LAKE
ANITA STATE PARK…GREENFIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND ANITA MUNICIPAL
AIRPORT.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 60 AND 97.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER…IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER…YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWEST IOWA.

Storm forces voting suspended in Pottawattamie Co.

News

June 3rd, 2014 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Election officials are seeking shelter in Pottawattamie County as a severe storm interrupts voting in quarter of the western Iowa county’s polling places.  Auditor Mary Jo Drake says at about 5 p.m. Tuesday, poll workers and voters in 10 of the county’s 40 precincts were forced to seek shelter in the buildings where voting was taking place.

Drake says several polling places were “right in the eye of the storm.” She says elections officials suspended voting but would return to normal after the storm passes.  No polling places had lost power, but Drake says, “It’s nasty here. It’s as black as the ace of spades.”

Tornado Watch Continues until 7-p.m.

Weather

June 3rd, 2014 by Ric Hanson

TORNADO WATCH 207 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
. IOWA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ADAIR ADAMS AUDUBON
CARROLL CASS CLARKE
CRAWFORD DALLAS DECATUR
FREMONT GUTHRIE HARRISON
IDA LUCAS MADISON
MILLS MONONA MONTGOMERY
PAGE POTTAWATTAMIE RINGGOLD
SHELBY TAYLOR UNION
WAYNE WOODBURY

Severe tstorm warning: Harrison/NW Pott Counties

Weather

June 3rd, 2014 by Ric Hanson

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
543 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
SOUTHEASTERN DODGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 543 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KENNARD…OR
16 MILES NORTHWEST OF OMAHA…MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD…70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE
TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE
HOMES…ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.

Updates on storm warnings in sw Iowa

Weather

June 3rd, 2014 by Ric Hanson

540 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY…AT 539 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADOWAS LOCATED NEAR ELLIOTT…OR 17 MILES SOUTH OF ATLANTIC…MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. HAZARD…TORNADO AND TWO INCH HAIL.  SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

540 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014
…THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED…

SHELBY IA-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-
539 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT TUESDAY

* AT 538 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING IN THE ADVISORY AREA.
UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
AVOCA…WALNUT…HANCOCK…NISHNA BEND RECREATION AREA AND BOTNA
BEND PARK.

Tornado warning: Montgomery/SW Pott Counties

Weather

June 3rd, 2014 by Ric Hanson

ULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
525 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 524 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ELLIOTT…OR 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ATLANTIC…MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD…TORNADO.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT…FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS…WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR…
ELLIOTT AROUND 530 PM CDT.

ROOF DAMAGE AND DOWNED TREES WERE REPORTED WITH THIS STORM AT 510 PM
AT OAKLAND.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE GRANT
AND FARM CREEK PUBLIC WILDLIFE AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME…A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS…MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

Flash Flood warning SW Pott. County

Weather

June 3rd, 2014 by Ric Hanson

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
525 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT TUESDAY

* AT 524 PM CDT…TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
AT 16TH AND O STREETS IN COUNCIL BLUFFS. THIS IS A LOW SPOT WHICH
TYPICALLY FLOODS. WITH MORE RAIN ON WAY…EXPECT MORE TYPICAL
FLOODING AREAS TO BE INUNDATED. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
COUNCIL BLUFFS…CARTER LAKE…NARROWS RIVER PARK AND LAKE MANAWA
STATE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

Flood Advisory SW Pott. County

Weather

June 3rd, 2014 by Ric Hanson

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
518 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

IAC155-040315-
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POTTAWATTAMIE IA-
518 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 518 PM CDT…THE PUBLIC REPORTED HEAVY RAIN CAUSING MINOR
FLOODING IN COUNCIL BLUFFS. OVERFLOWING POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL
RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY
FALLEN.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
COUNCIL BLUFFS…CARTER LAKE…NARROWS RIVER PARK AND LAKE MANAWA
STATE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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.