545 PM CDT TUE JUL 28 2015

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 459 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 AM CDT

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST IOWA:

ADAIR ADAMS CASS FREMONT MADISON MONTGOMERY PAGE  RINGGOLD

TAYLOR UNION.

THE PRIMARY THREAT APPEARS TO FROM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE POSSIBILITY OF A TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

The Freese-Notis (podcast) weather forecast for Atlantic & the KJAN listening area, and weather information for Atlantic.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (1.1MB)

Subscribe: RSS

524 AM CDT TUE JUL 28 2015

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS THIS
MORNING. LARGE CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING FROM NORTHWEST TOWARD CENTRAL IOWA EARLY THIS MORNING. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. FREQUENT LIGHTNING…HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING ARE ALSO EXPECTED. PLEASE USE CAUTION IF VENTURING OUTSIDE UNTIL THE STORMS PASS.

515 AM CDT TUE JUL 28 2015

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY (IA)  & NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEASTERN BURT COUNTIES in NE., UNTIL 600 AM CDT…

AT 515 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF TEKAMAH…OR 29 MILES NORTHWEST OF OMAHA…MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
TEKAMAH…MONDAMIN…HERMAN…MAGNOLIA…LITTLE SIOUX AND SUMMIT LAKE STATE RECREATION AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

Early this morning: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 71. South southeast wind around 11 mph.

Today: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly between 7am and 9am. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. South wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tonight: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 61. North northwest wind 6 to 8 mph. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 80. Northwest wind 6 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 85.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 85.

1118 AM CDT MON JUL 27 2015

…THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN 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 1145 AM CDT FOR WESTERN DALLAS…GUTHRIE AND SOUTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTIES…AT 1117 AM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER LAKE PANORAMA…OR 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF GUTHRIE CENTER…MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1058 AM CDT MON JUL 27 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN AUDUBON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT

* AT 1057 AM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF
GUTHRIE CENTER…MOVING EAST AT 20 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…
GUTHRIE CENTER…STUART…PANORA…LAKE PANORAMA…REDFIELD…
DEXTER…BAYARD…CASEY…DIAMONDHEAD LAKE…MENLO…BAGLEY…
YALE…JAMAICA…LINDEN…LAKIN SLOUGH GAME MANAGEMENT AREA AND
SPRINGBROOK STATE PARK.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 99 AND 100.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER…IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER…YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1035 AM CDT MON JUL 27 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
AUDUBON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT

* AT 1035 AM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
NORTHEAST OF AUDUBON…MOVING EAST AT 30 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…
AUDUBON…GUTHRIE CENTER…COON RAPIDS…EXIRA…BAYARD…DEDHAM…
GRAY AND AUDUBON COUNTY AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER…IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER…YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1015 AM CDT MON JUL 27 2015
GUTHRIE IA-AUDUBON IA-CARROLL IA-CRAWFORD IA-

…STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN…

AT 1014 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MANNING…OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF AUDUBON…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
MANNING…TEMPLETON…DEDHAM…HALBUR…WILLEY…GRAY…ASPINWALL AND MANNING MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM…AND MAY LEAD TO  FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY..

STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL…AT 844 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7  MILES NORTHWEST OF DENISON…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
DENISON…ODEBOLT…SCHLESWIG…WALL LAKE…ARCADIA…BREDA…VAIL…
WESTSIDE…KIRON…DELOIT…RICKETTS…WALL LAKE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT
AND BLACKHAWK LAKE STATE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM…AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.