The Test Tornado Watch issued as part of Severe Weather Awareness week, has expired. Thank you for your participation in this event at home, work or in school.
The Test Tornado Watch issued as part of Severe Weather Awareness week, has expired. Thank you for your participation in this event at home, work or in school.
1035 AM CDT WED MAR 26 2014
…THIS MESSAGE IS FOR TEST PURPOSES ONLY…
…THE TEST TORNADO WARNING FOR ALL OF CENTRAL IOWA HAS EXPIRED AT
1035 AM CDT…
THE TEST TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED. REPEAT…THE TEST TORNADO
WARNING HAS EXPIRED. THIS CONCLUDES THE WARNING PHASE OF THE 2014
TORNADO DRILL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – An Iowa House panel has moved forward on a bill to end greyhound racing in Iowa and pay breeders and employees in the industry up to $70 million. The bill moved Wednesday to the House Ways and Means Committee for consideration. Casinos in Council Bluffs and Dubuque, which spent $10 million to subsidize dog racing last year, say the industry is dying and the money could be better spent.
They would put up the money over six years to provide a retirement fund for dog owners, breeders, and other dog racing workers. The greyhound industry says it employs 1,200 people in Iowa and has proposed continuing racing in the state.
Lawmakers have told casinos and the dog industry to come up with their own plan or accept the Legislature’s solution.
COUNTIES: PAGE IA-HARRISON IA-MONTGOMERY IA-MONONA IA-MILLS IA-SHELBY IA-
FREMONT IA-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-
1029 AM CDT WED MAR 26 2014
…THIS MESSAGE IS FOR TEST PURPOSES ONLY…
…THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PAGE…HARRISON…MONTGOMERY…MONONA…
MILLS…SHELBY…FREMONT…POTTAWATTAMIE…BURT…JOHNSON…GAGE…
DOUGLAS…KNOX…DODGE…BOONE…PLATTE…CASS…RICHARDSON…
BUTLER…SALINE…SAUNDERS…SARPY…ANTELOPE…SEWARD…CEDAR…
LANCASTER…CUMING…MADISON…COLFAX…NEMAHA…WAYNE…
WASHINGTON…THURSTON…OTOE…JEFFERSON…STANTON…PIERCE AND
PAWNEE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1030 AM CDT…
THE TEST TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED.
THIS TEST WAS CONDUCTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS
WEEK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE DRILL. HAVING A PLAN
OF ACTION IN PLACE AHEAD OF TIME IS IMPORTANT DURING AN EMERGENCY.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OMAHA.
TEST…TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 9991…TEST
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1024 AM CDT WED MAR 26 2014
TORNADO WATCH 9991 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT FOR THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
. IOWA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ADAIR ADAMS ALLAMAKEE
APPANOOSE AUDUBON BENTON
BLACK HAWK BOONE BREMER
BUCHANAN BUENA VISTA BUTLER
CALHOUN CARROLL CASS
CEDAR CERRO GORDO CHEROKEE
CHICKASAW CLARKE CLAY
CLAYTON CLINTON CRAWFORD
DALLAS DAVIS DECATUR
DELAWARE DES MOINES DICKINSON
DUBUQUE EMMET FAYETTE
FLOYD FRANKLIN FREMONT
GREENE GRUNDY GUTHRIE
HAMILTON HANCOCK HARDIN
HARRISON HENRY HOWARD
HUMBOLDT IDA IOWA
JACKSON JASPER JEFFERSON
JOHNSON JONES KEOKUK
KOSSUTH LEE LINN
LOUISA LUCAS LYON
MADISON MAHASKA MARION
MARSHALL MILLS MITCHELL
MONONA MONROE MONTGOMERY
MUSCATINE O’BRIEN OSCEOLA
PAGE PALO ALTO PLYMOUTH
POCAHONTAS POLK POTTAWATTAMIE
POWESHIEK RINGGOLD SAC
SCOTT SHELBY SIOUX
STORY TAMA TAYLOR
UNION VAN BUREN WAPELLO
WARREN WASHINGTON WAYNE
WEBSTER WINNEBAGO WINNESHIEK
WOODBURY WORTH WRIGHT
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TEST…TORNADO WARNING…TEST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1015 AM CDT WED MAR 26 2014
…THIS MESSAGE IS FOR TEST PURPOSES ONLY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. TEST TORNADO WARNING FOR ALL OF CENTRAL
IOWA FOR SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK…
* THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. UNTIL 1035 AM CDT.
* THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS OCCURRING OR
EXPECTED. THIS TEST TORNADO WARNING INITIATES THE WARNING PHASE OF
THE SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK TORNADO DRILL. REPEATING…THIS
IS ONLY A DRILL. ALL SCHOOLS…BUSINESSES…HOSPITALS…OTHER
INSTITUTIONS AND ALSO THOSE AT HOME SHOULD TREAT THIS DRILL AS IF
IT WERE A REAL EMERGENCY AND PRACTICE YOUR SEVERE WEATHER
EMERGENCY PLANS.
* THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. ALL LOCATIONS IN CENTRAL IOWA SHOULD
PRACTICE THEIR SEVERE WEATHER EMERGENCY PLANS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
PRACTICE YOUR SEVERE WEATHER EMERGENCY PLANS.
1011 AM CDT WED MAR 26 2014
…THIS MESSAGE IS FOR TEST PURPOSES ONLY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A
* THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. TORNADO WARNING FOR…
PAGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
MONONA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
Lavon Eblen speaks with Alayna Clancy with the Audubon County Hospital Foundation about a Concert Sunday afternoon to celebrate their 20th anniversary.
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NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
950 AM CDT WED MAR 26 2014
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A…TEST…
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
IOWA
* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 950 AM UNTIL 1100 AM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE…
THE TEST TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF
DENISON IOWA TO 35 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF CEDAR RAPIDS IOWA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
REMEMBER…A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Governor Terry E. Branstad has proclaimed the week of April as 9-1-1 Education Month in Iowa. 911 Education Month is sponsored by the Iowa 9-1-1 Communications Council and the Iowa Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEMD). 9-1-1 Education Month is an opportunity to help all Iowans recognize the importance of 9-1-1 and the role they play in ensuring effective emergency response.
Robert Kempf, coordinator for Adair & Guthrie Counties emergency management programs, says “Iowa’s 9-1-1 Education Month is an opportunity to remind citizens of the importance of this powerful safety tool.” Both the U.S. Congress and the National Emergency Number Association (NENA) have recognized April as National 9-1-1 Education Month.
Information and resources about 9-1-1 are available on the Ready Iowa website and also on the NENA website at www.nena.org under the “Education” tab. Kempf says “When calling 9-1-1, remember, stay calm, and be aware of your location so you can help 9-1-1 dispatchers locate you during an emergency.”
HSEMD will post information on 9-1-1 throughout the month of April to its websites, www. homelandsecurity.iowa.gov and www.beready.iowa.gov.