612 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…

SOUTHWESTERN ADAIR COUNTY, ADAMS COUNTY AND CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 609 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF RED OAK…OR 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ATLANTIC…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

GRISWOLD…CORNING…NODAWAY…LEWIS…CARBON…CUMBERLAND WIOTA…PRESCOTT…MASSENA…BRIDGEWATER…ANITA AND FONTANELLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS…FALLING TREES AND FLYING DEBRIS. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME…SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED…IMMEDIATELY MOVE TO THE BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM OF A REINFORCED BUILDING.

606 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING FOR…NORTH CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA… UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 604 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EMERSON…OR 36 MILES EAST OF OMAHA…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…ELLIOTT AND GRANT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR OUTDOORS…MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

557 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 554 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MALVERN TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF ESSEX…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OMAHA TO 58 MILES NORTH OF FALLS CITY…AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

RED OAK…STANTON…EMERSON…ELLIOTT…MACEDONIA…HASTINGS…HENDERSON AND GRANT. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 59 NEAR MILE MARKER 41.

557 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD ADVISORY FOR…

EXTREME WEST CENTRAL PAGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…EXTREME EAST CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 555 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING IN THE ADVISORY AREA. UP TO 1 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR. MORE RAIN IS ON THE WAY WHICH MAY LEAD TO STREET FLOODING.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING INCLUDE SHENANDOAH.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES…FOURMILE CREEK…EAST NISHNABOTNA RIVER AND FISHER CREEK.

533 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD ADVISORY FOR…MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IN…EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 531 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN THAT WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING. OVERFLOWING POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING IN THE ADVISORY AREA. UP TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST THREE HOURS…MORE RAIN IS ON THE WAY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING INCLUDE HAMBURG. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES…MAIN DITCH NUMBER SIX.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA 535 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...EAST CENTRAL CASS COUNTY IN EASTERN NEBRASKA…NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 531 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES SOUTH OF PLATTSMOUTH TO 6 MILES EAST OF UNION…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 34 MILES SOUTH OF OMAHA TO 54 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUND CITY…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

PLATTSMOUTH…GLENWOOD…MALVERN…PACIFIC JUNCTION…TABOR…SILVER CITY…THURMAN…HASTINGS AND RANDOLPH. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 20 AND 35.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY…IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED…ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE…SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

527 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR FREMONT COUNTY, IA…EXTREME EAST CENTRAL OTOE AND NEMAHA (NE) COUNTIES…

AT 521 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEROLOGISTS INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 26 MILES SOUTH OF UNION TO AUBURN…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 58 MILES SOUTH OF OMAHA TO 38 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUND CITY…MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THE DAMAGING WINDS.

511 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…

FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA...NEMAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA…OTOE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA…* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 507 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTSIN DICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES SOUTH OF SYRACUSE TO JOHNSON…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 43 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LINCOLN TO 46 MILES NORTHWEST OF HIAWATHA…AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THE DAMAGING WINDS.* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…NEBRASKA CITY…AUBURN…SIDNEY…HAMBURG…PERU…RIVERTON… TALMAGE…DUNBAR…THURMAN…BROCK…BROWNVILLE…JULIAN AND LORTON VILLAGE.THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…

HIGHWAY 136 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 226 AND 240.

INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 20.

HARRISON AND SHELBY COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN A TORNADO WATCH.

THE REMAINING FAR WEST AND SOUTHWEST COUNTIES (FREMONT MILLS MONTGOMERY PAGE POTTAWATTAMIE) ARE UNDER A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 7-P.M..

OTHER COUNTIES IN THE KJAN LISTENING AREA (ADAIR, ADAMS,AUDUBON, CASS, GUTHRIE, MADISON, RINGGOLD, TAYLOR & UNION) ARE UNDER A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT. (THE WATCH WAS EXTENDED FROM THE ORIGINAL 9-P.M. EXPIRATION TIME)