THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS NOW UPGRADED ALL COUNTIES IN THE KJAN LISTENING AREA TO AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FROM 1-P.M. WEDNESDAY TO 7-P.M. FRIDAY (FOR THE FAR WESTERN COUNTIES, THE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8-P.M., FRIDAY). THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

Counties in pink/lavender will be under an Excessive Heat Warning; Counties in deep red will be in an Excessive Heat Watch.

AIR TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S WITH DEWPOINT TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S WILL LEAD TO HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 115. EXCESSIVE HEAT COULD LEAD TO SEVERE HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES AND POSSIBLY DEATH IF PROPER ACTION IS NOT TAKEN.

THIS IS A HEAT EVENT OF HIGH HEAT AND HUMIDITY WITH A LONG DURATION. THERE IS A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR HEAT RELATED ILLNESS AND DEATH.CHILDREN, SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC CONDITIONS ARE AT HIGHER RISK. RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AND EXERCISE TO COOLER EVENING HOURS. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER AND TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS TO GET OUT OF THE HEAT AND GET INTO AN AIR CONDITIONED SPACE. DO NOT LEAVE PETS AND/OR CHILDREN IN UNATTENDED VEHICLES. CAR INTERIORS CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.

KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY…CALL 9 1 1.

MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT- PAGE COUNTIES….353 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2016 …EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM WEDNESDAY TO 8 PM CDT FRIDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM WEDNESDAY TO 8 PM CDT FRIDAY. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

Excessive Heat Warning: Counties in pink; Excessive Heat Watch: Counties in deep red color.

TEMPERATURE READINGS ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND 105 DEGREES. HEAT INDEX VALUES RANGE FROM 105 TO 112 BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY DROP INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S.

EACH DAY THERE WILL BE A GOOD SOUTHWEST BREEZE, HOWEVER WINDS DIMINISH OVERNIGHT MAKING IT FEEL MORE STIFLING. THE LONGEVITY OF THE EVENT WILL RESULT IN A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS… INCLUDING CHILDREN…THE ELDERLY…OR THOSE WITH MEDICAL CONDITIONS.

LEAVING A CHILD OR PET IN AN ENCLOSED VEHICLE CAN BE DEADLY…EVEN FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE, RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE.

WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK, THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS.

ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY SO CALL 911. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR.

THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS, STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM, STAY OUT OF THE SUN, AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

TUE JUL 19 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…

NORTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

EASTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. AS MUCH AS 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TURN AROUND…DON’T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS…URBAN AREAS…HIGHWAYS…STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

Reports of storm damage are filtering-in this (Tuesday) afternoon. The most recent, a tree that fell on a power line across from 509 Spruce, in Massena, at around 12:30-p.m.  Massena Fire responded to the scene. A nearby home was not damaged.

Fallen tree in Massena Tue. afternoon. Photo courtesy Cass County Emergency Mgmt. Coordinator Mike Kennon.

At 12:20-p.m., thunderstorm winds were clocked by an automated weather system at 63-miles per hour four-miles north-northeast of Anita. Earlier, thunderstorm winds gusted to near 60-miles per hour as they pushed through Shelby County at around 11:25-a.m.  A tree fell on a car along Highway 59 just a few minutes later, one-mile north of Harlan. No injuries were reported. And, just before 11:30, a roof was lifted off of a barn in Irwin.

1248 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2016

…THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN AUDUBON COUNTY IS CANCELLED…THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE…THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL GUTHRIE…SOUTHEASTERN CASS…ADAIR AND
NORTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTIES… AT 1248 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STUART…OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREENFIELD…MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
GREENFIELD…STUART…LAKE ICARIA…FONTANELLE…CASEY…MASSENA…
MENLO…PRESCOTT…BRIDGEWATER…GREENFIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT…
NODAWAY PARK AND LAKE ICARIA STATE PARK.

GUTHRIE IA-CASS IA-ADAIR IA-AUDUBON IA-ADAMS IA-
1236 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2016

…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN GUTHRIE…EASTERN CASS…ADAIR…SOUTHEASTERN AUDUBON AND NORTHERN ADAMS COUNTIES…

AT 1235 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF STUART…OR 11 MILES NORTH OF GREENFIELD…MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE…TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. AT 1220 PM…A 63 MPH WIND GUST
WAS RECORDED ABOUT 4 MILES WEST OF ADAIR.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
GREENFIELD…STUART…LAKE ICARIA…ANITA…ADAIR…FONTANELLE…
CASEY…MASSENA…MENLO…CUMBERLAND…PRESCOTT…BRIDGEWATER…
WIOTA…GREENFIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT…LAKE ICARIA STATE PARK…
NODAWAY PARK…LAKE ANITA STATE PARK AND ANITA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

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.

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1220 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…
ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN AUDUBON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

* UNTIL 100 PM CDT

* AT 1219 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES EAST OF
ATLANTIC…MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
ATLANTIC…GREENFIELD…STUART…LAKE ICARIA…ANITA…ADAIR…
FONTANELLE…CASEY…MASSENA…MENLO…CUMBERLAND…PRESCOTT…
BRIDGEWATER…WIOTA…GREENFIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT…LAKE ICARIA
STATE PARK…NODAWAY PARK…LAKE ANITA STATE PARK AND ANITA
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

12:32-p.m. Tree on fire across from 509 Spruce in Massena. Massena fire called.

12:20-p.m. 63 mph wind gust 4 miles west of Adair.

11:27-a.m. Thunderstorm wind damage 1 mile N. of Harlan: Tree fell on a car on Hwy 59. No injuries.

11:29-a.m. Thunderstorm wind damage in Irwin. Roof lifted off a barn.

11:26-a.m. Thunderstorm wind gust 58mph 2 miles south of Harlan.

SHELBY IA-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-
1141 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 2016

…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FOR EASTERN SHELBY AND NORTHEASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTIES…

AT 1141 AM CDT…SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES EAST OF IRWIN TO NEAR AVOCA…MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
HARLAN…AVOCA…WALNUT…PRAIRIE ROSE STATE PARK…NISHNA BEND
RECREATION AREA AND ELK HORN CREEK RECREATION AREA.

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1139 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…
AUDUBON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT

* AT 1138 AM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
NORTHEAST OF WALNUT…OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AUDUBON…MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED. A 58 MPH WIND GUST WAS REPORTED AT
HARLAN AT 1135AM CDT.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
ATLANTIC…AUDUBON…ANITA…EXIRA…ELK HORN…KIMBALLTON…
BRAYTON…MARNE…WIOTA…LAKE ANITA STATE PARK…ANITA MUNICIPAL
AIRPORT…AUDUBON COUNTY AIRPORT AND ATLANTIC MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.