447 AM CDT SAT JUL 5 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
WESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT

* AT 446 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF THREE TO FOUR INCHES THUS
FAR NEAR RICKETTS AND CHARTER OAK. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
DENISON…DUNLAP…DOW CITY…CHARTER OAK…RICKETTS…ARION…BUCK
GROVE AND DENISON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA THROUGH 600 AM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

434 AM CDT SAT JUL 5 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 530 AM CDT

* AT 434 AM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR UNDERWOOD…
OR 22 MILES EAST OF OMAHA…MOVING EAST AT 20 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…
OAKLAND…AVOCA…UNDERWOOD…WALNUT…SHELBY…MINDEN…NEOLA…
HANCOCK…NISHNA BEND RECREATION AREA…BOTNA BEND PARK AND
ARROWHEAD PARK.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…
HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 48 AND 70.
INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 17 AND 23…AND BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 29 AND 46.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

415 AM CDT SAT JUL 5 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…

WESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

EASTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 500 AM CDT

* AT 415 AM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LOGAN…OR

24 MILES NORTHEAST OF OMAHA…MOVING EAST AT 25 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…

LOGAN…EARLING…PERSIA…WOODBINE…DUNLAP…PANAMA…

PORTSMOUTH…MAGNOLIA…TENNANT…SCHABEN PARK…HISTORICAL VILLAGE

WELCOME CENTER AND MANTENO RECREATION AREA.

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.

401 AM CDT SAT JUL 5 2014 National Weather Service – Des Moines

EARLY THIS MORNING…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 30 PERCENT.

TODAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING…THEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE MORNING. HIGH IN THE MID 80S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 70 PERCENT.

TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY BEFORE MIDNIGHT THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 15 MPH.

SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HOT AND HUMID. HIGH IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTHWEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS 100 TO 105 IN THE AFTERNOON.

SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT…THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE UPPER 60S. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 40 PERCENT. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS 100 TO 105 THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE UPPER 80S. NORTH WIND AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON.

MONDAY NIGHT…THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. LOW IN THE UPPER 60S. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 60 PERCENT.

TUESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S.

337 AM CDT SAT JUL 5 2014

.A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM CDT FOR HARRISON…NORTHWESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE…SOUTHEASTERN MONONA… SOUTHEASTERN BURT AND EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES…

AT 337 AM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER MONDAMIN…OR 33 MILES NORTH OF OMAHA…MOVING NORTHEAST 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…

BLAIR…MISSOURI VALLEY…LOGAN…FORT CALHOUN…MONDAMIN…PERSIA… MODALE…PISGAH…MOORHEAD…WOODBINE…DUNLAP…MAGNOLIA…LITTLE

SIOUX…PELICAN POINT STATE RECREATION AREA…DESOTO BEND NATIONAL

WILDLIFE REFUGE…WILSON ISLAND STATE PARK…SCHABEN PARK…

PREPARATION CANYON STATE PARK…LITTLE SIOUX SCOUT RANCH AND

HISTORICAL VILLAGE WELCOME CENTER.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…

HIGHWAY 30 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 5.

HIGHWAY 30 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 447 AND 450.

HIGHWAY 75 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 105 AND 117.

INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 71 AND 99.

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.

323 AM CDT SAT JUL 5 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…

HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

NORTHWESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

SOUTHEASTERN MONONA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

SOUTHEASTERN BURT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…

CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 415 AM CDT

* AT 322 AM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MONDAMIN…

OR 30 MILES NORTH OF OMAHA…MOVING NORTHEAST 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…

BLAIR…MISSOURI VALLEY…LOGAN…FORT CALHOUN…MONDAMIN…

PERSIA…MODALE…PISGAH…MOORHEAD…WOODBINE…DUNLAP…HERMAN…

MAGNOLIA…LITTLE SIOUX…PELICAN POINT STATE RECREATION AREA…

DESOTO BEND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE…WILSON ISLAND STATE PARK…

SCHABEN PARK…PREPARATION CANYON STATE PARK AND LITTLE SIOUX SCOUT

RANCH.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…

HIGHWAY 30 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 5.

HIGHWAY 30 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 444 AND 450.

HIGHWAY 75 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 105 AND 129.

INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 71 AND 99.

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.

The National Weather Service in Des Moines says our July 4th weekend will be stormy and becoming very humid and hot by Sunday. Sunshine should prevail most of the day, today (Friday), with high temperatures in the upper 70s to low 80s. Storms will begin to move into the area after 9 pm from the west. These storms will move eastward overnight, reaching the Des Moines metro a little before sunrise Saturday morning. A few of these storms may produce periods of heavy rain, so if you encounter possibly flooded roadways remember to turn around, don’t drown!

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A meteorologist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture says near-record-setting rainfall last month has nearly eradicated residual drought from much of the Midwest including Iowa. All that remains of the drought in Iowa are two small areas of abnormally dry conditions, one in the southeast corner of the state, and one in the southwest corner. Some areas now have too much water.

Meteorolgist Brad Rippey says in a Wednesday report drought covers just 5 percent of the U.S. soybean area and 8 percent of the nation’s corn. Corn, rated 75 percent good to excellent, has not been rated as highly at this time of year since 2003. Soybeans, at 72 percent good to excellent, have not been rated as highly at this time of year in the last two decades.

401 AM CDT FRI JUL 4 2014

EARLY THIS MORNING…MOSTLY CLEAR. EAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH.

TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 15 MPH.

TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING…THEN A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. WARMER. LOW IN THE MID 60S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 50 PERCENT.

SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE MORNING…THEN A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. BREEZY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 60 PERCENT.

SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY THROUGH MIDNIGHT THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. WARMER. HIGH IN THE MID 90S. SOUTHWEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS 100 TO 105 IN THE AFTERNOON.

SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW AROUND 70.

MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 80S.

Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 70. Our low this (Thursday) morning, 46.

Today -Sunny, with a high near 787. West northwest wind 3 to 5 mph.
Tonight – Mostly clear, with a low around 54. South southeast wind 3 to 5 mph.

Independence Day – Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Breezy, with a south wind 7 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.
Friday Night- Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. South southeast wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday – A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. Breezy, with a south wind 13 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night – A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 69.

Sunday – Sunny, with a high near 91.