507 PM CDT SUN AUG 2 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…

ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 507 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STUART…OR 8 MILES NORTH OF GREENFIELD…MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

GREENFIELD…STUART…FONTANELLE…ORIENT…NODAWAY PARK AND GREENFIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 87 AND 97.

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.

501 AM CDT SUN AUG 2 2015

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM FOR AUDUBON COUNTY. AT 501 AM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AUDUBON…MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…AUDUBON…EXIRA…ELK HORN…KIMBALLTON…BRAYTON AND AUDUBON COUNTY AIRPORT.

445 AM CDT SUN AUG 2 2015

EARLY THIS MORNING…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MID MORNING. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTHWEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 40 PERCENT.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. LOW IN THE LOWER 60S. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.

MONDAY...SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. NORTHEAST WIND AROUND 5 MPH.

MONDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE LOWER 60S. NORTHEAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.

TUESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING…THEN A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH AROUND 80. SOUTH WIND NEAR 10 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 40 PERCENT.

WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH AROUND 80.

443 AM CDT SUN AUG 2 2015

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM FOR NORTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY. AT 442 AM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF IRWIN…OR 7 MILES WEST OF AUDUBON…MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE IRWIN AND KIRKMAN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

437 AM CDT SUN AUG 2 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR AUDUBON COUNTY UNTIL 530 AM CDT

* AT 437 AM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF IRWIN…OR 13 MILES WEST OF AUDUBON…MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

AUDUBON…EXIRA…ELK HORN…KIMBALLTON…BRAYTON AND AUDUBON COUNTY AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN DES MOINES .

430 AM CDT SUN AUG 2 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY…SOUTHEASTERN HARRISON COUNTY…and SOUTHERN SHELBY COUNTY…UNTIL 515 AM CDT

* AT 430 AM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PERSIA…OR 27 MILES NORTHWEST OF ATLANTIC…MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

HARLAN…AVOCA…WALNUT…SHELBY…PERSIA…PORTSMOUTH…TENNANT…

ELK HORN CREEK RECREATION AREA…PRAIRIE ROSE STATE PARK AND NISHNA BEND RECREATION AREA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…

HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 64 AND 73.

INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 34 AND 48.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

426 AM CDT SUN AUG 2 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA UNTIL 500 AM CDT

* AT 426 AM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EARLING…OR 19 MILES SOUTH OF DENISON…MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE

TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

HARLAN…EARLING…IRWIN…DEFIANCE…WESTPHALIA AND KIRKMAN. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 80 AND 89.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

04 AM CDT SUN AUG 2 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…EAST CENTRAL HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…UNTIL 430 AM CDT

* AT 403 AM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LOGAN…OR 28 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DENISON…MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

PERSIA…WOODBINE…PANAMA…PORTSMOUTH AND TENNANT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

The month of July was wetter than average, and cooler than average, here in Atlantic. At the KJAN Studios, the official National Weather Service reporting site for Atlantic, we received 5.64-inches of rain last month. That was a little more than one-inch above normal (+1.02″).

The average High for the month was 83.5-degrees, which was 2.3-degrees cooler than normal. The average Low was 61.5-degrees, which was 1.6-degrees below the norm. The Mean temperature for the month (combination of the average High/Low), was 72.5-degrees, which is 2-degrees cooler than normal for this time of year.

The warmest days of the month, was 91-degrees, set on July 12th and 13th. The lowest temperature of 49, was set on July 7th.

The National Weather Service (podcast) weather forecast for Atlantic & the KJAN listening area, and weather information for Atlantic.

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