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Flash Flood Warning until 7:15-a.m. for parts of Montgomery, Page & Pott. Counties

Weather

July 18th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

349 AM CDT MON JUL 18 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…NORTHEASTERN PAGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…UNTIL 715 AM CDT

* AT 349 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH DAYBREAK.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…RED OAK…VILLISCA…STANTON…ELLIOTT…GRANT…FARM CREEK PUBLIC WILDLIFE AREA AND VIKING LAKE STATE PARK.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 34 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 30 AND 51.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

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Iowa early News Headlines: Monday, July 18th 2016

News

July 18th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT

CHICAGO (AP) — Weekend thunderstorms and at least two tornadoes that rolled through the Midwest are expected to give way to a blistering hot and sticky week. Temperatures in Chicago and stretching into Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and up into Wisconsin are expected to reach 90 degrees by Thursday or Friday, with the same story _ though perhaps warmer _ anticipated in Minnesota. And in all these areas, the humidity is going to make the temperatures feel like they have reached and even passed 100 degrees.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — National Weather Service confirms at least two tornadoes in storms that caused damage across eastern Iowa Sunday morning. The storms damaged homes and businesses and knocked down trees across the area. At least one home collapsed from the damage in Walford, Iowa, and tore the roof off an apartment complex in Vinton, Iowa.

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A 34-year-old city councilman from Mason City, Iowa, has died. The Mason City Globe Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/2alnri8) Alex Kuhn died Friday in Floyd County where he grew up. The Floyd County Sheriff’s Department did not release any details of his death

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa correctional officials are revamping their procedure for issuing a little-known certificate aimed at helping inmates secure jobs once they leave prison. The Iowa Board of Parole and the Iowa Department of Corrections began a formal process this summer to propose new language in state code on how a certificate of employability is issued to an inmate who completes certain skills training in prison.

 

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Significant Weather Advisory: S.W. Harrison County

Weather

July 18th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

HARRISON IA-DODGE NE-DOUGLAS NE-WASHINGTON NE-BURT NE-

326 AM CDT MON JUL 18 2016

…SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON…NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS…NORTHEASTERN DODGE…SOUTH CENTRAL BURT AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM CDT…

AT 325 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HOOPER…OR 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF OMAHA…MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

BLAIR…ARLINGTON…HOOPER…NICKERSON…KENNARD…UEHLING… WASHINGTON AND WINSLOW.

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Flood Advisory for parts of Shelby, Harrison & Pott. Counties until 6-a.m.

Weather

July 18th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

SHELBY IA-HARRISON IA-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-WASHINGTON NE-
256 AM CDT MON JUL 18 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR…
SOUTHERN SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…
SOUTHERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…
NORTHERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 600 AM CDT

* AT 255 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. THIS MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING IN THE ADVISORY AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE MAY HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE AS STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
BLAIR…HARLAN…MISSOURI VALLEY…LOGAN…OAKLAND…AVOCA…
UNDERWOOD…FORT CALHOUN…WALNUT…SHELBY…MINDEN…KENNARD…
PERSIA…MODALE…NEOLA…HERMAN…HANCOCK…PORTSMOUTH…
TENNANT AND ARROWHEAD PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

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Significant Weather Advisory: S.W. Harrison/N.W. Pott. Counties

Weather

July 18th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

HARRISON IA-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-WASHINGTON NE-
249 AM CDT MON JUL 18 2016

…SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON…
NORTHWESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTIES UNTIL 315 AM CDT…

AT 249 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER BLAIR…OR 21 MILES NORTH OF OMAHA…MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
BLAIR…MISSOURI VALLEY…FORT CALHOUN…KENNARD…MODALE…HERMAN…
DESOTO BEND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE AND WILSON ISLAND STATE PARK.

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 126.
INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 75 AND 84.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL MAY ALSO BE OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM…AND MAY
LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH
FLOODED ROADWAYS.

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Severe Thunderstorm Warning has expired for S.E. Harrison/N.W. Pott. Counties

Weather

July 18th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

HARRISON IA-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-
243 AM CDT MON JUL 18 2016

…THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HARRISON AND NORTHWESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 245 AM CDT…THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING MAY HAVE WEAKENED TO JUST BELOW SEVERE LIMITS…AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE…THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER NICKEL SIZE HAIL…GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY ALSO OCCUR.

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Flash Flood Watch extended to more Counties

Weather

July 18th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-223 AM CDT MON JUL 18 2016

…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA AND
NEBRASKA…INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS…IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
FREMONT…HARRISON…MILLS…MONTGOMERY…PAGE…
POTTAWATTAMIE AND SHELBY. IN NEBRASKA…BURT…CUMING…
DODGE…DOUGLAS AND WASHINGTON.

* UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING

* PERSISTENT THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL RATES ARE
POSSIBLE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND INTO THE MORNING
COMMUTE. RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE COMMON
WITH THESE STORMS AND SOME LOCATIONS COULD PICK UP 3 TO 6 INCHES
OF RAINFALL BY MID MORNING.

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.

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Traffic stop leads to pursuit in Fremont County Sunday night

News

July 18th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

A traffic stop in Fremont County late Sunday night resulted in a pursuit and arrest. Sheriff Kevin Aistrope says a deputy tried to stop a vehicle for a traffic violation. The vehicle, driven by 33-year old Brandon Buckner, of Hamburg, was reportedly involved in an previous incident Sunday evening. Buckner refused to stop for the deputies, and led them on a chase through the city limits of Hamburg.

He was arrested when the pursuit ended in the 500 block of Main Street, in Hamburg. Buckner was brought to the Fremont County Jail, where he faces multiple traffic violations, and was awaiting an appearance before a magistrate.

Buckner

Buckner

Authorities say alcohol was believed to be a factor in the chase, but their investigation was on-going.No damage or injuries were reported in connection with the incident.

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Severe Thunderstorm Warning update for Harrison/Pott. Counties

Weather

July 18th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

216 AM CDT MON JUL 18 2016

…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN HARRISON AND NORTHWESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTIES…AT 216 AM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MISSOURI VALLEY…OR 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF OMAHA…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 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…
MISSOURI VALLEY…LOGAN AND HISTORICAL VILLAGE WELCOME CENTER.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 71 AND 75.

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Cass County man arrested on felony drug warrants

News

July 18th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

The Adair County Sheriff’s Office reports a Cass County man was arrested Friday afternoon at the Adair County Jail on two felony warrants for a controlled substance violation stemming from an undercover sale that took place in Dec. 2015. 47-year old Bradley Leo Ranney, of Massena, was being held in the Adair County Jail on a $150,000 cash only bond. Between Dec, 1st and 31st, 2015, Ranney is alleged to have possessed and delivered more than 5-grams of a methamphetamine to an undercover officer, in Bridgewater.

The Adair County Sheriff’s Office reports also, 49-year old James Alana Klemish, of Adair, was arrested Thursday morning for Serious Domestic Abuse Assault, in connection with an incident during which he allegedly struck his wife in the mouth at his residence, causing visible marks and injury. Klemish was released from custody later that day on a $1,000 cash bond or surety.

Other arrests in Adair County include: 42-year old Mark Alan Emgarten, of Adair, on July 16th, for OWI/1st Offense; and, 36-year old James Robert Sims, of Fontanelle, on July 15th, for Driving While Barred. Emgarten was later released on $1,000 bond, while Sims was released on $2,000 bond.

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