459 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…NORTH CENTRAL HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA… SOUTHEASTERN MONONA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA… UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 458 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PISGAH…OR

32 MILES WEST OF DENISON…MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD…QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

PISGAH…MOORHEAD…WOODBINE…SCHABEN PARK…PREPARATION CANYON STATE PARK…LITTLE SIOUX SCOUT RANCH AND WILLOW LAKE RECREATION AREA.

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.

THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE WEATHER…INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL…DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS…AND TORNADOES. MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER…SUCH AS AN INTERIOR ROOM…A BATHROOM OR CLOSET OR BASEMENT.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST IOWA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

Today: Partly sunny w/Isolated showers and thunderstorms after 2-pm. High near 79. Southeast wind 5-10mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tonight: Partly Cloudy w/a 20% chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9-pm. Low around 59. South southeast wind 5 to 10mph becoming calm after midnight.

Friday: Partly Sunny. High near 83. East southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Fri. Night: Mostly cloudy w/a 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1-am. Low around 64. East southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday: Mostly Cloudy w/Showers and thunderstorms likely. High near 76. East wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Sat. Night: Mostly cloudy w/a 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms. Low around 58. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Sunday: Partly cloudy w/isolated showers or thunderstorms, High near 73.

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Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 80. Our low overnight 61. We picked up .02” of an inch of rain after 7-a.m. yesterday, for a total of 2.49” (including the 24-hour rainfall preceding 7-a.m. Wed.)

Waves of storms moving through western Iowa Tuesday evening into early this (Wednesday) morning, brought destructive winds, hail and heavy rain. The National Weather Service out of Valley, NE. will send a survey team to the Oakland area this morning to assess damage following a possible tornado that may have been responsible for knocking roofs off grain elevators.

The first wave of storms rolled into western Iowa from Nebraska Tuesday afternoon and evening, knocking out power for several hours to more than 5,100 customers of OPPD in Omaha. Mid American Energy reports 2,677 customers were still without power in Council Bluffs this morning.

Damage reports from around the area include downed trees in Council Bluffs, where there were numerous incidents of streets flooding, and water over the hoods of vehicles. In Corning, numerous homes and outbuildings were damaged by falling tree limbs, which also took out power lines not only in Corning, but elsewhere in Adams County. Large hail shattered some windshields in Corning, and damaged a fire department vehicle.

Montgomery County officials say high winds caused extensive damage in the Red Oak area, where several trees fell on vehicles and there were scattered power outages, but no immediate reports of structural damage. Roads across southwest Iowa were temporarily flooded and/or blocked by flood debris last night. In Cass County, there was debris reported between 550th and Victoria Roads, after flood waters crossed in that area.

Thunderstorm winds estimated at 86 miles per hour whipped through an area northeast of Massena Tuesday evening, while ping-pong ball to egg-sized hail pounding the same area. There were also reports of 2-to 3-foot diameter tree limbs crashing to the ground in Massena as the first wave of storms blew through. Street flooding was reported in Griswold for a time Tuesday evening, with water hubcap deep at times.

For a chronological listing of storm reports and damage, go to the Weather page at KJAN.com and scroll through the warnings and other information to find our Storm report.

Atlantic ( at KJAN – officials NWS reporting site) – 2.47″.

Lewis – 5.9″  (Reported by KJAN’s Becky Mosier)

rural Henderson – 4.7″ (reported by KJAN’s Lou Gerbino)

1.5 miles S. of Avoca – 4.1″  (1 mile w. of Avoca 2.87″) – media reports

Bedford – 4.02″ (weather spotter report)

Massena- 3.92″ – Spotter report

Red Oak – 3.75″ (media report)

Hamburg – 3.4″ (media report)

Clarinda – 3.16″ (media report)

Wiota – 2.8″ (media report)

Shenandoah – 2.79″ (media report)

530 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

…THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER…

NODAWAY RIVER AT CLARINDA AFFECTING PAGE COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE
WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR VEHICLE TO PASS SAFELY.
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THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE NODAWAY RIVER AT CLARINDA.
* AT 5:15 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 24.6 FEET…OR 1.6 FEET ABOVE
FLOOD STAGE.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 23.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST…THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 24.8 FEET THIS
MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT…AT 24.0 FEET…ADDITIONAL LOWLANDS, SOME FARMLANDS, AND
COUNTY ROADS FLOOD.

FLOODING WAS ALSO OCCURRING ON THE EAST NODAWAY RIVER TO THE EAST
AND SOUTH OF CLARINDA.

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346 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

EARLY THIS MORNING…OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 90 PERCENT.

TODAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MID MORNING. NOT AS WARM. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. NORTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 20 PERCENT.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE UPPER 50S. EAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTHEAST WIND NEAR 10 MPH.

FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE LOWER 60S.

SATURDAY…THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 60 PERCENT.

MILLS IA-PAGE IA-MONTGOMERY IA-FREMONT IA-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-

344 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

…A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR MILLS…PAGE…MONTGOMERY…FREMONT AND POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTIES…

AT 341 AM CDT…RIVER GAUGES INDICATED FLOODING ACROSS PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA TUESDAY EVENING AND EARLY THIS MORNING. FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS WAS OCCURRING IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS…ESPECIALLY IN PARTS OF POTTAWATTAMIE…MILLS AND PAGE COUNTIES.

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. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

158 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2014 …

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER UNTIL 10:30-A.M. THURSDAY….

WEST NISHNABOTNA RIVER AT HANCOCK AFFECTING POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY. WEST NISHNABOTNA RIVER AT RANDOLPH AFFECTING FREMONT COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR VEHICLE TO PASS SAFELY. TURN AROUND…DON`T DROWN!