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Jim Field and Chris Parks talk about the 2012 KJAN Branson Trip.
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Hot and humid conditions with near record temperatures will be in place over much of Iowa today. Heat Indices will reach 95 to 105 degrees in the afternoon. Though these conditions are not considered life threatening to most, the uncomfortable weather will require that special attention be paid by persons who live in metropolitan areas where Heat Island effects are most common, and to persons who are more susceptible to heat related health problems, especially the elderly or those who have preexisting health problems.
If you plan on working or being outdoors today, make sure that you drink plenty of water, wear loose fitting and light colored clothes, rest when you feel the need to take a break, and seek shade from time to time to cool off. Also remember to check on the elderly and make sure that pets have adequate sources of water and shelter to prevent heat stress.
For more Heat Safety tips and rules: http://www.crh.noaa.gov/dmx/?n=preparesummersafety
Iowans who want to keep close tabs on weather warnings may now be able to get them on their cellular phones, beginning today (Monday).
The nation’s emergency alert system is starting a new program this week. Al Kenyan, a project manager with FEMA, says people need to check with their cell phone carrier to see if it’s an option to receive these potentially-life-saving alerts. “It’s similar to a text message but it’s not a text message,” Kenyan says. “You need to have probably a newer handset or a handset that has the capability to receive these messages.”
Kenyan says it’s part of a larger effort to modernize the emergency warning system. The wireless weather alerts will let you know about things like severe thunderstorms or tornado warnings. He says Iowans should take those warnings seriously.”When (people) get an alert, whether it’s from wireless emergency alerts or from the radio station they’re listening to or a television station, take action on it,” Kenyan says. “We’ve had cases where people have been alerted to a tornado warning and they said, ‘Well, that’s interesting,’ and they didn’t take action and they get hurt. That’s a very bad thing.”
The new program is through a partnership between FEMA, the FCC, the National Weather Service and cellphone carriers.
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The (Podcast) Freese-Notis forecast for Atlantic & the KJAN listening area, and weather data for Atlantic….
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356 AM CDT MON JUN 18 2012
…NEAR RECORD HIGHS TODAY…
TODAY…SUNNY. HOT AND HUMID. BREEZY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 90S. SOUTHWEST WIND 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS 101 TO 106 IN THE AFTERNOON.
TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH THROUGH MIDNIGHT. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS 100 TO 104 THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
TUESDAY…SUNNY…HOT…BREEZY. HIGH IN THE MID 90S. SOUTH WIND 15 TO 25 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. BREEZY. LOW IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
WEDNESDAY…THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. NOT AS WARM. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 60 PERCENT.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE LOWER 60S.
THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. LOW IN THE MID 60S.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press
WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — City officials in Waterloo are looking at a proposal that would protect domestic violence victims from being evicted from their homes. The Waterloo City Council is scheduled to consider the ordinance today at the request of the city’s human rights commission. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports the measure would prevent landlords from discriminating against victims of domestic violence, dating violence or stalking.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A collision between two boats on the Des Moines River left one dead and at least two others injured. A spokesman for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources says the crash happened before 7 p.m. yesterday on the river near the Birdland Marina area, just downriver from downtown Des Moines. The DNR didn’t release the names of those involved and didn’t provide details about last night’s accident.
BOONE, Iowa (AP) — Two people were killed in a weekend crash on U.S. Highway 30 in central Iowa. The Nebraska State Patrol says 77-year-old Dorothy Peter and 80-year-old Delbert Peter, both of Boone, died from injuries sustained in the crash shortly after 3 p.m. Saturday. At least two people were taken to the hospital after the wreck.
WEST LIBERTY, Iowa (AP) — A Waterloo man has died in a single-car crash in eastern Iowa. Cedar Rapids news station KGAN-TV reports that 41-year-old Scott Mullin lost control while driving on a county road in Cedar County, just south of Interstate 80. The accident happened shortly after 10:30 p.m. Saturday.
Atlantic 7, St. Edmond 3
Sioux City, North 9, Atlantic 5
Carroll 10, Humboldt 3
Carroll 3, Lisbon 0
Abraham Lincoln 4, Glenwood 2
Creston 6, Knoxville 0
Earlham 11, Underwood 0
Earlham 14, West Harrison 1
Griswold 10, Fremont-Mills 0
Harlan 9, Fort Dodge 2
Harlan 9, North Sentral Kossuth 5
Iowa City, West 5, Creston 1
Lenox 13, Nodaway Valley 1
Missouri Valley 13, East Mills 0
Missouri Valley 14, Stanton 0
OA-BCIG 3, IKM-Manning 2
OA-BCIG 8, Thomas Jefferson 2
Panorama 7, Saydel 3
Pekin 18, Panorama 6
Shenandoah 13, East Mills 3
Shenandoah 8, Stanton 0
Treynor 2, Glenwood 0
Underwood 15, Guthrie Center 0
Underwood 16, Audubon 4
Villisca 4, Exira-EHK 0
Walnut 2, Essex 1
Walnut 5, Woodbine 4
West Central Valley 12, C-W-L 0
West Hancock 16, West Central Valley 4
West Harrison 11, Guthrie Center 1
Woodward-Granger 11, Panorama 1
CAM 8, Guthrie Center 1
Cherokee, Washington 3, Ar-We-Va 2
Guthrie Center 12, Glidden-Ralston 9
Ridge View 1, Ar-We-Va 0
Roland-Story 10, East Mills 4
South Central Calhoun 8, CAM 7
West Central Valley 6, Emmetsburg 1
West Central Valley 8, West Hancock 7
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