246 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2014
**Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 10-p.m. for Adams, Fremont, Mills, Mongtomery, Page, Ringgold Taylor and Union Counties**
LATE THIS AFTERNOON…PARTLY SUNNY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. BREEZY. SOUTH WIND 15 TO 20 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 40 PERCENT.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY BEFORE MIDNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING…THEN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS BEFORE MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING. LOW IN THE MID 50S. SOUTHEAST WIND NEAR 10 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 50 PERCENT.

SUNDAY…THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON…THEN THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. BREEZY. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH HEAVY RAINFALL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTHEAST WIND 10 TO 20 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 80 PERCENT.

SUNDAY NIGHT…THUNDERSTORMS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH HEAVY RAINFALL…THEN SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE UPPER 50S. NORTHEAST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS NEAR 100 PERCENT.

MONDAY…SHOWERS LIKELY AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. COOLER. HIGH IN THE MID 60S. NORTHWEST WIND NEAR 10 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT.

MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT…THEN PARTLY CLOUDY AFTER MIDNIGHT. COLDER. LOW IN THE LOWER 40S. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.

TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. BREEZY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 50S. LOW IN THE LOWER 40S.

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
248 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT

* AT 248 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OAKLAND…OR
14 MILES WEST OF ATLANTIC…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD…QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
OAKLAND…WALNUT…HANCOCK…FARM CREEK PUBLIC WILDLIFE AREA AND
BOTNA BEND PARK.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…
HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 52 AND 58 .
INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA NEAR MILE MARKER 48.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

230 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2014

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 137 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10:00 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS…. IOWA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ADAMS DECATUR FREMONT MILLS MONTGOMERY PAGE RINGGOLD TAYLOR UNION

PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTH OF CHANUTE KANSAS TO 40 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF SHENANDOAH IOWA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

REMEMBER…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.

AREA COUNTIES: SAC-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD
455 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2014

TODAY AND TONIGHT:
A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST OVER SOUTHERN IOWA…GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34…THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN THREAT. ISOLATED STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LOOK POSSIBLE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 34…WHERE HAIL AND WINDS REMAIN A THREAT.

SUNDAY:
THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS INCREASING SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL IOWA. HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO ANTICIPATED SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AND MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING.

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT…
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING…AND WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT…AND AGAIN ON MONDAY.