The area’s top news at 7:06-a.m., w/KJAN News Director Ric Hanson
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Today: P/Cldy to Cldy w/a chance late afternoon showers & thunderstorms. High 81.NW @ 5-10.
Tonight: **Flash Flood Watch 7-p.m. today until 7-a.m. Thursday for Adams, Fremont, Page, Ringgold, Taylor & Union Counties** Mo. Cldy w/a 50% chance of showers & thunderstorms. Low 60. N@5-10.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy to Cldy w/a slight chance of shwrs & tstrms. High 79. NW @ 5-10.
Friday: P/Cldy to Cldy. High 79.
Friday Night: A 70% chance of shwrs & tstrms. Low 64
Saturday: Showers & tsrms. High around 80.
Tuesday’s High in Atlantic was 81. We received just over 7-tenths of an inch of rain overnight into early this morning here at the KJAN studios (.71”). Our 24-hour Low (ending today at 7-a.m.), was 63. Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 74 and the low was 43. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 105 in 1936. The Record Low was 37 in 1908.
A standoff between law enforcement and a man who threatened to shoot officers and himself, ended late last night in Oakland, with the man dead. According to multiple media reports, Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a home on Gates Street in Oakland, at around 7:45-p.m.
The area was blocked-off after a shot was fired from a home toward a deputy. The round reportedly struck a deputies’ cruiser in the bumper. Another shot was fired soon afterward. Authorities tried to make contact with the subject, but after not hearing from him for several hours, sent in a robotic search device, which returned images that revealed the man was dead on the kitchen floor, from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. No other injuries were reported.
The man’s name has not yet been released. Investigators were on the scene through early this (Wednesday) morning.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Thunderstorms have lashed several parts of eastern Nebraska, leaving thousands of people without power and some stranded by street flooding and storm debris. The National Weather Service says an off-duty weather service employee saw a rope tornado briefly touch down around 8 p.m. Tuesday, three miles south-southeast of Kennard in Washington County. No injuries were reported.
The Omaha Public Power District reported that as of 5 a.m. today (Wednesday), nearly 9,700 customers were without power in Douglas and several other counties.
Up to 6 inches of rain was reported near Blair, and street flooding occurred in Omaha, Fremont and other cities.
Across the Missouri River, about 5-miles north/northwest of Council Bluffs, winds gusted from 65- to as much as 96-miles per hour from 9:45-p.m. through 10:15-p.m. Flights into Omaha’s Epply Airfield were diverted to other airports during the peak thunderstorm activity.
ROBERT L. SIMPSON, 81, of Exira, died Sat., Aug. 20th, at the Exira Care Center. Funeral services for ROBERT SIMPSON will be held 2-p.m Thursday, Aug. 25th, at the Kessler Funeral Home, in Exira.
Burial will be in the Exira Cemetery.
ROBERT L. SIMPSON is survived by:
His wife – Judy Simpson, of the Exira Care Center.
His sons – Robert “Ben” Simpson, and Thomas (Kristi) Simpson, all of Exira.
His daughters – Susie Simpson (& fiance’ Kim Black), of Exira, & Sally (Jay) Rajcevich, of Moreno Valley, CA.
His brother – John (Lin) Simpson, of Ft. Dodge,
5 grandchildren, other relatives and friends.
Police in Council Bluffs responded early this (Wednesday) morning to a report of a person lying on the street in the 3600 block of 2nd Avenue. Upon arrival at around 1-a.m., officers located and identified the person as 26-year old Mark Lear, Jr. Lear was taken to Creighton University Hospital by rescue squad, for treatment of what initially appeared to be serious, but non-life threatening injuries.
Authorities are continuing to investigate the incident. Anyone having any information about the incident is encouraged to contact the Criminal Investigation Division at (712)-328-4728 or Crime Stoppers at (712) 328-7867. 
ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR- RINGGOLD COUNTIES:
FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7-P.M. THIS (WEDNESDAY) EVENING THROUGH 7-A.M. THURSDAY.
FREMONT-PAGE COUNTIES:
FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 6-P.M. TODAY (WED.) THROUGH 7-A.M. THURSDAY.
THE COMBINATION OF RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE EXPECTATION OF ADDITIONAL STORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.
* WATER MAY COVER ROADS AND RAPID RISES ON LOCAL STREAMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
Today: Mostly cloudy. Isolated thunderstorms through mid morning. A chance of thunderstorms late in the afternoon. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall through mid morning. High in the lower 80s. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph shifting to the north in the afternoon. Chance of thunderstorms 40 percent.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of thunderstorms. Low in the lower 60s. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday: Mostly cloudy. A 50 percent chance of thunderstorms through mid morning. High in the upper 70s. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy. Low in the mid 50s. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Friday: Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. High in the upper 70s. East wind near 10 mph.
Friday Night: Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of thunderstorms. Low in the mid 60s.
Saturday: Thunderstorms likely. High in the lower 80s. Chance of thunderstorms 70 percent.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Munenori Kawasaki hit a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning, driving in Taylor Davis with the go-ahead run, as the Iowa Cubs beat the Memphis Redbirds 3-2 on Tuesday. Davis scored after he reached base on a walk and advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt.
Stephen Bruno hit a solo home run in the fourth inning to give the Cubs a 1-0 lead. The Redbirds came back to take the lead in the fifth inning when Efren Navarro hit a two-run single. Iowa tied the game 2-2 in the fifth when Bijan Rademacher hit a sacrifice fly, scoring Tommy La Stella.
Jose Rosario (1-0) got the win with a scoreless inning in relief while Corey Littrell (1-4) took the loss in the Pacific Coast League game. Gerardo Concepcion retired the side in order for his first save of the season. Breyvic Valera singled twice, also stealing a base for the Redbirds.
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