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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CASS, ADAIR, ADAMS & UNION COUNTIES

Weather

April 24th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

ULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

932 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…

NORTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

WESTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

NORTHWESTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 931 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES EAST OF

GRISWOLD…OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF CORNING…MOVING NORTHEAST AT

45 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING…AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

ATLANTIC…GREENFIELD…CORNING…GRISWOLD…LAKE ICARIA…ANITA…

FONTANELLE…LEWIS…ORIENT…MASSENA…CUMBERLAND…BRIDGEWATER…MARNE…

WIOTA…CARBON…GREENFIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT…LAKE ICARIA STATE

PARK…NODAWAY PARK…LAKE ANITA STATE PARK AND ANITA MUNICIPAL

AIRPORT.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 50 AND 72.

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.

 

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Severe Thunderstorm Watch update

Weather

April 24th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

903 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 101 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN IA

IOWA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE: ADAIR ADAMS AUDUBON BUENA VISTA CALHOUN CARROLL CASS CHEROKEE CLAY CRAWFORD DICKINSON EMMET FREMONT GREENE GUTHRIE HARRISON IDA LYON MILLS  MONTGOMERY O’BRIEN OSCEOLA PAGE PALO ALTO PLYMOUTH POCAHONTAS POTTAWATTAMIE SAC SHELBY SIOUX TAYLOR WOODBURY

 

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Severe T-storm update: Montgomery, Mills, Page & Fremont Counties

Weather

April 24th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

858 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR MONTGOMERY…SOUTHEASTERN MILLS…NORTHWESTERN PAGE AND NORTHEASTERN FREMONT COUNTIES…

AT 858 PM CDT…SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF EMERSON TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLARINDA…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

 

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Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Montgomery, Mills & Fremont Counties

Weather

April 24th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA

848 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…

MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

SOUTHEASTERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

NORTHWESTERN PAGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

NORTHEASTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 847 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SHENANDOAH…

OR 22 MILES NORTH OF TARKIO…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

RED OAK…SHENANDOAH…VILLISCA…ESSEX…STANTON…FARRAGUT…COIN…

YORKTOWN…IMOGENE…COBURG…HEPBURN…VIKING LAKE STATE PARK AND

PIERCE RECREATION AREA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…

HIGHWAY 34 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 33 AND 51.

HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 4 AND 25.

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

 

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Special Weather Statement for Cass & area Counties

Weather

April 24th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

TAYLOR IA-CASS IA-UNION IA-ADAIR IA-RINGGOLD IA-ADAMS IA-

838 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN IOWA PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS …AT 834 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A BROKEN LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES EAST OF ELLIOTT TO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BRADDYVILLE…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

CRESTON, CORNING, BEDFORD, LENOX, LAKE ICARIA, GREEN VALLEY LAKE, NEW MARKET ORIENT, CLEARFIELD, DIAGONAL, PRESCOTT, BLOCKTON, GRAVITY, NODAWAY, CROMWELL, SHARPSBURG, REDDING, KENT, BENTON AND CONWAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN DES MOINES.

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Large fire in Stuart Sunday evening

News

April 24th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

(Updated 3:37-a.m.) – At least seven fire departments responded to a large fire in Stuart Sunday evening. The blaze at the Stuart Sale Barn (523 Front Street) was reported at around 6:40-p.m.  The building is used for auctions, and often to sell livestock and farming equipment.

Firefighters from Stuart, Menlo, Casey, Adair, Dexter, Redfield and Earlham fought the wooden structure’s flames, but the empty and unoccupied building was nearly completely engulfed by the time the first crews arrived.

Authorities closed Highway 6 leading into Stuart and re-routed traffic while firefighters were on the scene and during the mop-up. A cause of the blaze had not been determined as of late Sunday evening.

A separate fire Sunday evening in Walnut was suspected to have been caused by a lightning strike. The owners told officials they heard a pop at around 6:15-p.m., and soon after smelled smoke. An investigation found wiring had burned through in an attic at 907 North Street caused some minor flame and smoke damage to the home. No injuries were reported. Earlier in the day, Sunday, a lightning strike is suspected of causing a fire at a motel in Council Bluffs.

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Significant Weather Advisory for SE Pottawattamie County

Weather

April 24th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

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

828 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE…MONTGOMERY…MILLS…PAGE…FREMONT…COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CDT…

AT 826 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING NUMEROUS STORMS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS ALONG WITH SOME SMALL HAIL POSSIBLE.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

BELLEVUE, NE..NEBRASKA CITY, NE…PLATTSMOUTH, NE…RED OAK…CLARINDA…GLENWOOD…SHENANDOAH…VILLISCA…HAMBURG…MALVERN…SIDNEY…ESSEX…STANTON… FARRAGUT…PACIFIC JUNCTION…EMERSON…ELLIOTT…RIVERTON…COIN AND BRADDYVILLE.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…

HIGHWAY 2 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 504 AND 508.

HIGHWAY 34 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 51.

HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 41.

HIGHWAY 75 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 42 AND 51.

INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 42.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS…AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…AND SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA.

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Audubon P-D releases arrest report

News

April 24th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

The Audubon Police Department reports four arrests. On April 6th, 55-year old Joyce Hueton of Audubon, was arrested on an active warrant from Carroll County. Hueton was transferred to the Carroll County Sheriffs Office. On April 10th, 34-year old John C, Ruon of Omaha, was arrested for OWI – 2nd offense, Open Container, and Driving Without a License. Ruon was transported to the Audubon County Sheriff’s Office.

On April 13th, 36-year old Spencer Reigh Lile, of Manilla, was arrested for Violation of No Contact Order. Lile was transported to the Audubon County Sheriff’s Office. And, on April 21st, 26-year old Andrew Roland Petersen of Audubon, was arrested for Disorderly Conduct. Petersen was cited and released.

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Vincent named ‘Beautiful Bulldog’ and Drake Relays mascot

Sports

April 24th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A 60-pound rescued English bulldog named Vincent has won the 37th annual Beautiful Bulldog contest at Drake University. The tongue-in-cheek contest Sunday featured 45 bulldogs dressed up in costumes.

It’s the opening event of the Drake Relays, a prestigious track and field meet to be held next week at Drake Stadium. Vincent, a brown and white pup who lives just up the road from the stadium, will serve as the meet’s mascot.

Vincent succeeds Tank, whose sturdy frame, gentle personality and camouflage outfit won over the judges in 2015.

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Iowa program helps attract dentists to rural areas with aid

News

April 24th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

MAQUOKETA, Iowa (AP) — A program that offers new dentists help paying off their students loans is helping attract dentists to small towns in Iowa. Since the program started in 2002, 28 of the 31 dentists who received grants through the program have remained in Iowa.

The Dubuque Telegraph Herald reports Adrienne D’Agostino Kane is receiving $80,000 in tuition reimbursement that helped make it possible for her to take over her father’s practice in Maquoketa.

Delta Dental of Iowa provides most of the grant money while the state and local communities add to the total. Participants receive $50,000 from the insurance agency, $25,000 from Iowa and $5,000 or more from local communities.

The state has designated 65 of Iowa’s 99 counties as being short on dentists.

 

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