309 AM CDT MON MAY 27 2013
 
 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA… NORTHERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…UNTIL 900 AM CDT
 
 * AT 305 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  
   SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE     
   WARNED AREA. AN INCH AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 
   FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THIS MORNING AND ANOTHER LINE       
   OF STRONG…HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS IS APPROACHING FROM
   THE WEST.
 
 * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
   OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…    
   JEFFERSON.
 
 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
 
 EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
 CREEKS AND STREAMS…COUNTRY ROADS…AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
 BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
 
 BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
 DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
 NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
 ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
 WATER BEGINS RISING.

THE SEVERE STORMS PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN, OK, HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 225 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN THE KJAN LISTENING AREA….ADAIR; ADAMS; AUDUBON; CARROLL; CASS; CRAWFORD; DALLAS; GUTHRIE; MADISON;  RINGGOLD; SAC; TAYLOR & UNION.  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5-A.M. FOR: FREMONT; HARRISON; MILLS; POTTAWATTAMIE; MONONA, MONTGOMERY, PAGE & SHELBY COUNTIES.

ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE.

229 AM CDT MON MAY 27 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…NORTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA…EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...EASTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…EASTERN MONONA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…EASTERN SARPY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA… UNTIL 300 AM CDT

* AT 229 AM CDT…A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DANBURY TO 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOGAN TO OFFUTT AFB…MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT…EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…COUNCIL BLUFFS…BELLEVUE…OFFUTT AFB…PLATTSMOUTH…GLENWOOD…HARLAN…AVOCA…LOGAN…OAKLAND…MALVERN…TREYNOR…SHELBY…UNDERWOOD…CARSON…MINDEN…PACIFIC JUNCTION…EARLING…UTE…IRWIN AND PERSIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS…AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 225 AM CDT MON MAY 27 2013

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 224 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 5 AM CDT EARLY THIS (Monday) MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS…IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES: FREMONT-HARRISON-MILLS-POTTAWATTAMIE-MONONA AND SHELBY.

218 AM CDT MON MAY 27 2013

…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR EASTERN MONONA…HARRISON…WESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE…EASTERN WASHINGTON…EXTREME NORTHEASTERN SARPY AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES… AT 215 AM CDT…A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SMITHLAND TO PISGAH TO MILLARD…MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT…EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…OMAHA…COUNCIL BLUFFS…LA VISTA…MILLARD…BLAIR…RALSTON… ELKHORN…MISSOURI VALLEY…LOGAN…FORT CALHOUN…MONDAMIN…UTE…PISGAH…MODALE…MOORHEAD…CHALCO…CARTER LAKE…WOODBINE…MAPLETON AND BENNINGTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS…AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

743 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A  SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA UNTIL 1045 PM CDT.

* AT 740 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE SMALL STREAM FLOODING IN THE ADVISORY AREA. UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING INCLUDE VILLISCA…STANTON…ELLIOTT AND GRANT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS…AS WELL AS FARM AND COUNTRY ROADS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES.

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
718 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 717 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ELLIOTT...OR
  47 MILES NORTH OF TARKIO...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  STANTON...ELLIOTT AND GRANT.

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.

COUNTIES: SAC-CRAWFORD- CARROLL-GREENE

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT  UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ARE FORECAST TO CONTINUE THIS MORNING…ESPECIALLY NORTH AND EAST OF DES MOINES. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 1 PM.

Hail ranging in size from nickels to quarters pelted and pounded parts of Audubon County late Saturday night. Just before 11-p.m., one-inch diameter hail was reported to the National Weather Service by law enforcement in Audubon. About 30-minutes later, severe storm spotters reported nickel-to pea-sized hail was falling 10 miles northwest of the Audubon Airport. There were no immediate reports of damage early this (Sunday) morning.

A severe thunderstorm warning was issued late last night for northern Audubon County, southern Carroll County and northwestern Guthrie County, for the storm system as it passed through the area.

The storm also dumped heavy rain in parts of Iowa. Parts of Jasper, Marshall and Poweshiek Counties in east central Iowa received four-to six-inches of rain overnight, causing some roads to be flooded. The Weather Service said a total of six-to eight-inches of rain was possible in eastern Iowa through early this morning. A Flood Warning was in effect for Jasper, Marshall and Poweeshiek counties this morning.

At around 5:30-a.m., storm spotters reported sand bagging efforts were underway to protect the Kellogg water treatment plant and fire department. 4-a.m., law enforcement officials in Jasper County reported water was covering the road at Illinois Avenue and Highway 6, near Kellogg. Parts of Northfield Drive were under water, with one house surrounding by water. Law enforcement reported also that flooding was occurring in the Oakland Acres area of Jasper County, with Highway 6 under water, and closed with stalled cars.

For the KJAN listening area, a Flash Flood Watch remains in effect until 9-a.m. The Watch includes Audubon, Guthrie, Crawford, Carroll, Sac and Dallas Counties.

(Updated 445 AM CDT SUN MAY 26 2013)

EARLY THIS MORNING…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. SOUTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 30 PERCENT.

TODAY…CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MID MORNING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. SOUTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 20 PERCENT.

TONIGHT…A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING…THEN THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY OVERNIGHT. RAIN LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT.

MEMORIAL DAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.

MONDAY NIGHT...THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. LOW IN THE MID 60S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 60 PERCENT.

TUESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.

TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE UPPER 60S.

WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. BREEZY. HIGH AROUND 80.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. BREEZY. LOW IN THE MID 60S.

THURSDAY…THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. BREEZY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S.