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Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 3-a.m. for parts of western/southwest Iowa

Weather

May 27th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

229 AM CDT MON MAY 27 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…NORTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA…EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...EASTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…EASTERN MONONA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…EASTERN SARPY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA… UNTIL 300 AM CDT

* AT 229 AM CDT…A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DANBURY TO 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOGAN TO OFFUTT AFB…MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT…EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…COUNCIL BLUFFS…BELLEVUE…OFFUTT AFB…PLATTSMOUTH…GLENWOOD…HARLAN…AVOCA…LOGAN…OAKLAND…MALVERN…TREYNOR…SHELBY…UNDERWOOD…CARSON…MINDEN…PACIFIC JUNCTION…EARLING…UTE…IRWIN AND PERSIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS…AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

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Severe Thunderstorm Watch (update 2:27-a.m.) – includes Shelby County now.

Weather

May 27th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 225 AM CDT MON MAY 27 2013

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 224 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 5 AM CDT EARLY THIS (Monday) MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS…IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES: FREMONT-HARRISON-MILLS-POTTAWATTAMIE-MONONA AND SHELBY.

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Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 2:30-a.m. western IA counties…

Weather

May 27th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

218 AM CDT MON MAY 27 2013

…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR EASTERN MONONA…HARRISON…WESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE…EASTERN WASHINGTON…EXTREME NORTHEASTERN SARPY AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES… AT 215 AM CDT…A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SMITHLAND TO PISGAH TO MILLARD…MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT…EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…OMAHA…COUNCIL BLUFFS…LA VISTA…MILLARD…BLAIR…RALSTON… ELKHORN…MISSOURI VALLEY…LOGAN…FORT CALHOUN…MONDAMIN…UTE…PISGAH…MODALE…MOORHEAD…CHALCO…CARTER LAKE…WOODBINE…MAPLETON AND BENNINGTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS…AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

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AP Source: Talks ongoing to hire Hornacek as coach

Sports

May 26th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

PHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix Suns appear close to hiring former ISU basketball standout and player for the NBA Jeff Hornacek, as their head coach. A person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press the Suns are in contract negotiations with Hornacek, although no deal has been finalized. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because no public announcement had been made. The comments came after azcentralsports reported Sunday that Hornacek reached agreement on a three-year contract.

Hornacek, assistant coach for the Utah Jazz, played six seasons for the Suns and was part of the trade that sent Charles Barkley to the Suns from Philadelphia. Hornacek went on to have his best pro seasons as a sharpshooting guard alongside John Stockton in the Utah backcourt.

As a point guard for the Cyclones, Hornacek guided the team to the Sweet 16 in the 1986 NCAA Tournament. Hornacek left ISU with a Big-8 record of 665 career assists, still an Iowa State school record, and 1,313 career points. He was the fourth player in Cyclone basketball history to have his number retired when his No. 14 jersey was hung from the rafters of Hilton Coliseum in 1991.

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Cardinals beat Kershaw, Dodgers 5-3

Sports

May 26th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Matt Carpenter drove in the go-ahead run with an infield single and Pete Kozma hit a three-run double against Clayton Kershaw, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday in the rubber game of their series. The Cardinals improved the major league’s best record to 32-17 and increased their NL Central lead over Cincinnati to 1 1/2 games.

Kozma led off the seventh with a bloop double off the glove of shortstop Dee Gordon as he dived for the ball in short center field. One out later, Carpenter grounded a single off the glove of first baseman Adrian Gonzalez, allowing Kozma to score. Pinch-hitter Matt Adams added an RBI single in the ninth.

Seth Maness (4-1) got credit for the victory in relief of starter Shelby Miller despite retiring only two of the six batters he faced.

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Small stream flood advisory for Montgomery County

Weather

May 26th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

743 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A  SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA UNTIL 1045 PM CDT.

* AT 740 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE SMALL STREAM FLOODING IN THE ADVISORY AREA. UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING INCLUDE VILLISCA…STANTON…ELLIOTT AND GRANT.

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.

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Missing Council Bluffs boy found – mother arrested

News

May 26th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

A traffic stop in Omaha has resulted in the recovery of a Council Bluffs child taken from Iowa Department of Human Services foster care, and the arrest of his biological mother. Authorities in Council Bluffs said Sunday evening that police in Omaha had arrested 40-year old Dana Smith at around 1:50-p.m., Sunday, and Smith’s son, 4-year old Nicholas Patterson was taken into protective custody. Smith was being held in the Douglas County, NE., jail on charges of 3rd degree kidnapping and 2nd degree burglary.

Officials say a citizen who saw a news release about the missing child and his mother recognized the pair, even though the boy was disguised in girls’ clothing. The child had been placed into protective custody, but on Friday, his mother allegedly took him without authorization. Nicholas has since been placed back into protective custody, through the department of Human Services.

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Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Central Montgomery County

Weather

May 26th, 2013 by Ric Hanson 

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
718 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 717 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ELLIOTT...OR
  47 MILES NORTH OF TARKIO...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  STANTON...ELLIOTT AND GRANT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

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Eagle Scout award given in Omaha for Iowa memorial

News

May 26th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 16-year-old Omaha boy is getting the rank of Eagle Scout for a project that honors a Boy Scout killed when a tornado hit Little Sioux Scout Ranch in Iowa five years ago. Marcus Ehlinger built a 60-foot, partial suspension bridge at the Eastern Nebraska 4H Center and will dedicate it in honor of Sam Thomsen, who died in at the ranch in 2008. The American flag that was at the camp when the tornado struck will also be displayed Sunday at the bridge when the Eagle Scout ceremony is held.

Fifteen-year-old James Kopsa, of Omaha, also will be receiving his Eagle Scout rank. He primed and painted 32 telephone poles along the Lincoln Highway for his project. Both Ehlinger and Kopsa were in Boy Scout Troop 26 with Thomsen.

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Flash Flood Watch remains in effect until 1-p.m. Sunday for parts of the KJAN listening area

Weather

May 26th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

COUNTIES: SAC-CRAWFORD- CARROLL-GREENE

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT  UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ARE FORECAST TO CONTINUE THIS MORNING…ESPECIALLY NORTH AND EAST OF DES MOINES. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 1 PM.

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