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Pernice wins Principal Charity Classic

Sports

June 1st, 2014 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Tom Pernice Jr. birdied the second hole of a playoff with Doug Garwood on Sunday to win the Champions Tour’s Principal Charity Classic. Pernice won for the third time on the 50-and-over tour, closing with a 3-under 69 to match Garwood at 12-under 204 at Wakonda Club. Garwood birdied the final two holes of regulation for a 71.

They played the par-4 18th hole twice in the playoff, with Pernice winning with a putt from just under 10 feet. They opened the playoff with matching pars. Bill Glasson, Jay Haas, Mark Calcavecchia and Michael Allen finished a shot back. Glasson shot 64, Haas 67, Calcavecchia 70, and Allen 71.

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Special weather statement: Guthrie/Audubon/Cass/Carroll/Adair Counties

Weather

June 1st, 2014 by Ric Hanson 

625 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

IAZ045-046-057-058-070-071-020000-
GUTHRIE IA-AUDUBON IA-CASS IA-CARROLL IA-ADAIR IA-GREENE IA-
625 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

...LINE OF STRONG STORMS MOVING THROUGH WEST CENTRAL IOWA...

AT 624 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF
GLIDDEN TO 8 MILES EAST OF GRISWOLD...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JEFFERSON...GREENFIELD...GUTHRIE CENTER...STUART...COON RAPIDS...
GLIDDEN...PANORA...LAKE PANORAMA...ANITA...EXIRA...GRAND JUNCTION...
ADAIR...FONTANELLE...SCRANTON...BAYARD...CASEY...ORIENT...CHURDAN...
MASSENA AND MENLO.

PLEASE SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE
PASSED.

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Severe weather update: Storm warning expired

Weather

June 1st, 2014 by Ric Hanson 

MILLS IA-SHELBY IA-HARRISON IA-MONTGOMERY IA-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-
611 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MILLS...SHELBY...SOUTHEASTERN
HARRISON...MONTGOMERY AND POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 615
PM CDT...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER
GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST IOWA AND EASTERN NEBRASKA.

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Storm damage report: 6/1/14 (will be updated)

Weather

June 1st, 2014 by Ric Hanson

6:20 – Strong wind (est. 50mph), heavy rain and pea-sized hail in Atlantic (@ KJAN); Tree down near 4th and Birch Streets.

sw corner of 4th & Birch Streets in Atlantic.

sw corner of 4th & Birch Streets in Atlantic.

5:30-p.m. Thunderstorm wind damage 6 miles east of Council Bluffs: Tree down near 270th and Highway 6 blocking 270th Street.

5:15-p.m. Tstrm wind damage in Council Bluffs. Trees and power lines down.

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Special Weather Statement: Cass/Audubon/Carroll/Crawford Counties

Weather

June 1st, 2014 by Ric Hanson 

549 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

IAZ044-045-057-070-012345-
AUDUBON IA-CASS IA-CARROLL IA-CRAWFORD IA-
549 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH WESTERN IOWA...

AT 548 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF
DEFIANCE TO 4 MILES WEST OF MACEDONIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER ONE INCH WILL
BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ATLANTIC...AUDUBON...MANNING...GRISWOLD...ANITA...EXIRA...MANILLA...
ELK HORN...DOW CITY...LEWIS...TEMPLETON...KIMBALLTON...DEDHAM...
CUMBERLAND...BRAYTON...MARNE...WIOTA...GRAY...BUCK GROVE AND
ASPINWALL.

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL

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Tornadoes reported in north-central Iowa Sunday

News, Weather

June 1st, 2014 by Ric Hanson

WESLEY, Iowa (AP) – Heavy rain fell on parts of north-central Iowa Sunday and several tornadoes were reported as storms moved across the mostly rural part of the state. The National Weather Service says tornadoes were reported in Kossuth, Worth and Cerro Gordo counties Sunday afternoon, but there wasn’t any damage reported immediately from those tornadoes. The storms dumped more than 4 inches of rain on Kossuth County over a three-hour period Sunday.

That heavy rain prompted the weather service to issue flash flood warnings for Kossuth County and several other areas of northern Iowa. Forecasters warn that western and central Iowa may see severe thunderstorms Sunday evening and overnight into Monday.

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Severe Weather Statement: Mills/Shelby/Harrison/Montgomery/Page

Weather

June 1st, 2014 by Ric Hanson 

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
558 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

IAC085-129-137-155-165-012315-
/O.CON.KOAX.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-140601T2315Z/
MILLS IA-SHELBY IA-HARRISON IA-MONTGOMERY IA-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-
558 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR MILLS...SHELBY...SOUTHEASTERN HARRISON...MONTGOMERY AND
POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTIES...

AT 558 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MANNING TO NEAR MALVERN...MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EASTERN COUNCIL BLUFFS...RED OAK...GLENWOOD...HARLAN...OAKLAND...
AVOCA...MALVERN...TREYNOR...UNDERWOOD...CARSON...WALNUT...STANTON...
ELK HORN...SHELBY...MINDEN...PACIFIC JUNCTION...EMERSON...EARLING...
ELLIOTT AND IRWIN.

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Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 6:15-p.m.

Weather

June 1st, 2014 by Ric Hanson 

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
526 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...
  SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...
  EASTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...
  POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 525 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF EARLING TO NEAR LOUISVILLE...
  MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

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JESSE LEEPER, 97, of Greenfield (Svcs. 6/5/14)

Obituaries

June 1st, 2014 by Ric Hanson

JESSE LEEPER, 97, of Greenfield, died Sat., May 31st, at the Adair County Memorial Hospital in Greenfield. Funeral services for JESSE LEEPER will be held 10:30-a.m. Thu., June 5th, at the United Methodist Church in Greenfield. Steen Funeral Home in Greenfield has the arrangements.

Visitation is open at the funeral home from Noon until 8-pm on Wed., June 4th, with the family present from 6-to 8-pm.

Burial is in the Greenfield Cemetery with a luncheon at the United Methodist Church, to follow.

JESSE LEEPER is survived by:

His son – Richard (Carla) Leeper, of Greenfield.

His brothers – Dean (Norma) Leeper, of Council Bluffs, & Dale (Audrey) Leeper, of Phoenix, AZ.

2 grandchildren, 4 great grandsons, 2 great-great grand daughters, other relatives and friends.

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Severe Thunderstorm Warning: MILLS/HARRISON/POTT/SHELBY COUNTIES

Weather

June 1st, 2014 by Ric Hanson 

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
453 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...
  SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...
  HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...
  POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...
  SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  SARPY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 452 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOORHEAD TO NEAR ASHLAND...
  MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

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