CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-
MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ATLANTIC…GREENFIELD…STUART…
ADAIR…FONTANELLE…WINTERSET…EARLHAM…INDIANOLA…NORWALK…
CARLISLE…PELLA…KNOXVILLE…OSKALOOSA…CORNING…CRESTON…
OSCEOLA…CHARITON…ALBIA…OTTUMWA…BEDFORD…LENOX…
NEW MARKET…MOUNT AYR…LAMONI…LEON…CORYDON…SEYMOUR…
ALLERTON…HUMESTON…CENTERVILLE…BLOOMFIELD
1226 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014

…CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR FUNNEL CLOUDS…

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF FUNNEL CLOUDS
THIS AFTERNOON. USUALLY…THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS CAN FORM FROM
SHOWERS AND WEAK THUNDERSTORMS. THESE FUNNELS ARE NORMALLY
BRIEF…DROP ONLY A FEW HUNDRED FEET FROM THE CLOUD BASE…AND
RARELY BECOME A TORNADO OR CAUSE DAMAGE. HOWEVER…IF ONE IS
SPOTTED…PLEASE REPORT IT IMMEDIATELY TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. IF A TORNADO WARNING
WOULD BECOME NECESSARY…TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

AREA COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE OUTLOOK: SAC-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-
526 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014

TODAY AND TONIGHT…
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED…ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL IOWA. AN ISOLATED STORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO EVENING HOURS. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS AND THE MOIST ATMOSPHERE.

WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY….
ADDITIONAL NON SEVERE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY…MAINLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 35. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE. THE THREAT OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CONFINED TO FAR SOUTHERN IOWA ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

BY LATER SATURDAY INTO MONDAY…PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. AT THIS TIME…THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL IS UNKNOWN AND WILL BE DETERMINED AS THE WEEKEND APPROACHES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT…
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

(Update 5-a.m. 5/27/14)

Today: Cloudy to P/Cloudy w/Isolated showers and thunderstorms before 9am, then isolated showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Patchy fog before 8am. High near 84. W/SW @ 5-10.
Tonight: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly before midnight. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. Light & variable winds.

Wednesday: P/Cldy w/isolated shwrs & tstrms possible. High near 83. NE @ 5-10. Wed. Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 62. E/NE @ 5-10.

Thursday: P/Sunny. High near 82. East wind 5 to 10 mph.
Thu. Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 64.

Friday: P/Sunny w/a 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms. High near 83.

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Monday’s High in Atlantic was 81. Our low (as of 5-a.m. today) was 62. Rainfall from 7-am Monday thru 5-a.m today, was .04″.

Today: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after noon. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 84. Southwest wind 3 to 6 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. West wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm in the evening. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. Calm wind becoming north northeast 5 to 8 mph in the morning.
Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 64. Northeast wind 3 to 8 mph.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 82.                                                                                                             Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 65.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 84.

COUNTIES: CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF..CARROLL…JEFFERSON…BOONE…AUDUBON…EXIRA…GUTHRIE CENTER…PANORA…BAYARD…CASEY

755 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014

..STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF IOWA THIS EVENING…

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MID EVENING. THE STORMS MAY BRIEFLY PULSE UP AND BECOME STRONG. IF THAT OCCURS THEN HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES WOULD BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH WIND GUST TO 45 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. RAINFALL RATES OF AN INCH AND A HALF AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.

IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS PASS.

Today (Memorial Day) – Scattered showers and thunderstorms & patchy fog this morning, otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 82. South winds @ 5-10 mph
Tonight – Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. S/SW wind 5 to 10 mph.

Tuesday – Partly Sunday w/a 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms. High near 83. SW wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tue. Night – Mo. Cldy w/a 20% chance of showers and thunderstorms. Low around 63. W/NW wind around 5 mph.

Wednesday – Mo. Sunny w/a 20% chance of showers and thunderstorms. High near 85. E/NE wind 5 to 10 mph.
Wed. Night – Partly cloudy, with a low around 63.

Thursday – Mo. Sunny w/a 20% chance of showers and thunderstorms. High near 83.

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Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 79. Our low this morning (as of 5-a.m. was 63). Rainfall yesterday and this morning was .67″ (as of 5-a.m.).

346 AM CDT MON MAY 26 2014

EARLY THIS MORNING…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. PATCHY FOG. SOUTHWEST WIND NEAR 5 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 50 PERCENT.

TODAY…PATCHY FOG THROUGH MID MORNING. MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 50 PERCENT.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT… THEN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE MID 60S. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 40 PERCENT.

TUESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MID MORNING…THEN A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTHWEST WIND NEAR 10 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 50 PERCENT.

TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE LOWER 60S. WEST WIND NEAR 5 MPH.

WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE MID 80S. NORTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE MID 60S.

THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S.

AREA COUNTIES: MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-456 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014

TONIGHT AND MONDAY: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT…AND THEN AGAIN ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. SEVERE WEATHER IS GENERALLY NOT EXPECTED…BUT SOME GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR STORMS THIS EVENING AND ON MONDAY AFTERNOON.

MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY:
THERE IS AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH MONDAY.

AUDUBON-CASS-ADAMS-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…AUDUBON…EXIRA…ATLANTIC…CORNING…
BEDFORD…LENOX…NEW MARKET…MOUNT AYR
445 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014

…SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST
IOWA…

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING AND INTENSIFYING FROM FAR
NORTHWEST MISSOURI INTO SOUTHWEST IOWA. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO
THE NORTH NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH…NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL.

IF STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

439 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014

…STRONG STORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST IOWA…

AT 438 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENFIELD…MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM ALONG WITH NICKEL HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…GREENFIELD…FONTANELLE…BRIDGEWATER…GREENFIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND NODAWAY PARK.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY…SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS…AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS…FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.