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Special Weather Statement: Audubon/Guthrie/Cass/Adair Counties

Weather

July 5th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD
556 AM CDT SAT JUL 5 2014

…THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS INTO SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL
IOWA…

STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST IOWA WILL CONTINUE DRIFTING
EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH AFFECTING LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF AN
ADEL TO LAMONI LINE THROUGH AT LEAST 800 AM. THE STORMS MAY
PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING…HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS MAY REACH OR EXCEED AN INCH WITH PONDING WATER ON ROADS
AND LOW DRIVING VISIBILITIES POSSIBLE.

Significant Weather Advisory: Page/Pott./Montgomery Counties

Weather

July 5th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

PAGE IA-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-MONTGOMERY IA-
535 AM CDT SAT JUL 5 2014

…SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN PAGE…MONTGOMERY
AND SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTIES UNTIL 615 AM CDT…

AT 535 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
RED OAK…OR 29 MILES SOUTH OF ATLANTIC…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
RED OAK…CLARINDA…VILLISCA…STANTON…ELLIOTT…GRANT…
YORKTOWN…COBURG…HEPBURN AND VIKING LAKE STATE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

Severe t-storm warning to expire at 5-a.m.: Shelby/Harrison Co.

Weather

July 5th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

SHELBY IA-HARRISON IA-
453 AM CDT SAT JUL 5 2014

…THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN SHELBY AND EASTERN
HARRISON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 500 AM CDT…

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS…AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER SMALL
HAIL….GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.

T-storm warning cancelled: Shelby/Pott Counties

Weather

July 5th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

SHELBY IA-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-
455 AM CDT SAT JUL 5 2014

…THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SHELBY AND
EASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED…

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS…AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL….
GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

Flash Flood Warning: western Crawford County

Weather

July 5th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

447 AM CDT SAT JUL 5 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
WESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT

* AT 446 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF THREE TO FOUR INCHES THUS
FAR NEAR RICKETTS AND CHARTER OAK. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
DENISON…DUNLAP…DOW CITY…CHARTER OAK…RICKETTS…ARION…BUCK
GROVE AND DENISON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA THROUGH 600 AM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

Single vehicle accident in Adams County Friday afternoon

News

July 5th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

One person was transported to the hospital in Corning Friday afternoon, following a single-vehicle accident in Adams County. The Sheriff’s office reports a passenger in a car driven by 20-year old Francis James Grout the 3rd, of Maryville, MO, was taken to the hospital by private vehicle, for treatment of possible injuries.

Officials say a Buick driven by Grout had been making a right turn onto Juniper Avenue from Highway 148 at around 3-p.m., when the brakes failed, causing the car to go into a ditch. No citations were issued.

Severe thunderstorm warning: Pottawattamie & Shelby Counties

Weather

July 5th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

434 AM CDT SAT JUL 5 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTH CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
EASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 530 AM CDT

* AT 434 AM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR UNDERWOOD…
OR 22 MILES EAST OF OMAHA…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…
OAKLAND…AVOCA…UNDERWOOD…WALNUT…SHELBY…MINDEN…NEOLA…
HANCOCK…NISHNA BEND RECREATION AREA…BOTNA BEND PARK AND
ARROWHEAD PARK.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…
HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 48 AND 70.
INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 17 AND 23…AND BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 29 AND 46.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

Severe Thunderstorm Warning: western Shelby/eastern Harrison Counties

Weather

July 5th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

415 AM CDT SAT JUL 5 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…

WESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

EASTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 500 AM CDT

* AT 415 AM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LOGAN…OR

24 MILES NORTHEAST OF OMAHA…MOVING EAST AT 25 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…

LOGAN…EARLING…PERSIA…WOODBINE…DUNLAP…PANAMA…

PORTSMOUTH…MAGNOLIA…TENNANT…SCHABEN PARK…HISTORICAL VILLAGE

WELCOME CENTER AND MANTENO RECREATION AREA.

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.

(NWS) KJAN listening area forecast – 7/5/2014

Weather

July 5th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

401 AM CDT SAT JUL 5 2014 National Weather Service – Des Moines

EARLY THIS MORNING…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 30 PERCENT.

TODAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING…THEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE MORNING. HIGH IN THE MID 80S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 70 PERCENT.

TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY BEFORE MIDNIGHT THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 15 MPH.

SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HOT AND HUMID. HIGH IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTHWEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS 100 TO 105 IN THE AFTERNOON.

SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT…THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE UPPER 60S. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 40 PERCENT. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS 100 TO 105 THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE UPPER 80S. NORTH WIND AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON.

MONDAY NIGHT…THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. LOW IN THE UPPER 60S. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 60 PERCENT.

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

16 Iowa counties now have their own unique “Freedom Rock”

News

July 5th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

The artist who paints the giant “Freedom Rock” in Adair County every year is slowly making progress on painting smaller, but similar rocks in all 99 of Iowa’s counties. Ray “Bubba” Sorenson started the statewide project in 2012. “I’ve booked 65 of the 99 counties and I just completed the 16th,” Sorenson says. The original 60-ton Freedom Rock, located near Greenfield, was first painted in 1999. It often features American stars and stripes, eagles, and other patriotic murals that are designed to pay tribute to veterans.

Sorenson says the boulders he’s painting in other counties are about a quarter to half the size of the original. Committees are formed in each county to help Sorenson decide what he’ll paint on their rock. “I have them send me ideas and I have my own ideas,” Sorenson says. “I kind of combine that and come up with sketches of something that’s unique about that county.”

The Manning Freedom Rock (Photo by Sorenson)

The Manning Freedom Rock (Photo by Sorenson)

For example, Sorenson recently completed painting a rock that’s located in Manning in Carroll County and it includes a mural of a train trestle that still operates in Manning. Sorenson says he can paint 10 to 12 of the smaller boulders between the months of April and October, so he’ll be working on the 99 county project for the next 8 to 10 years.

“The big goal is thanking our veterans and to keep it patriotic. So, there are a lot of reoccurring themes like flags and eagles, but like I tell everybody, you can paint those in a million different ways. Each rock is unique to each county. When it’s done, there will be this unique 99-county, statewide-linked veterans memorial.” Sorenson charges each county $5,000, plus paint and travel expenses for the work. Painting each rock takes around two weeks. He says the project is currently booked through 2020.

(Radio Iowa)