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Tornado Warning Update

Weather

November 11th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

159 PM CST WED NOV 11 2015

…A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CST FOR

SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY…AT 158 PM CST…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF AVOCA…OR 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF ATLANTIC…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD…TORNADO.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT…FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO ROOFS…WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY…INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS… PRAIRIE ROSE STATE PARK…NISHNA BEND RECREATION AREA AND KIRKMAN. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 70 AND 73.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST

FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS…IN A

MOBILE HOME…OR IN A VEHICLE…MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL

SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

 

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TORNADO WARNING: N. CENTRAL POTT. & SE SHELBY COUNTIES

Weather

November 11th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

154 PM CST WED NOV 11 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…

NORTH CENTRAL POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

* UNTIL 230 PM CST

* AT 154 PM CST…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A

TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR AVOCA…OR 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF

ATLANTIC…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD…TORNADO.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT…FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT

SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.

DAMAGE TO ROOFS…WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE

DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR…

HARLAN AROUND 205 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE

PRAIRIE ROSE STATE PARK…NISHNA BEND RECREATION AREA AND KIRKMAN.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…

HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 64 AND 73.

INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 34 AND 43.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST

FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS…IN A

MOBILE HOME…OR IN A VEHICLE…MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL

SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

 

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Update: Svr Tstorm Warning continues for Pott/Montgomery Counties

Weather

November 11th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

POTTAWATTAMIE IA-MONTGOMERY IA-

149 PM CST WED NOV 11 2015

…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CST FOR EASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE AND NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES…AT 148 PM CST…SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES EAST OF CARSON TO 4 MILES SOUTH OF ELLIOTT… MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. A 64 MPH WIND GUST

WAS REPORTED WITH POWER POLES DOWN IN RED OAK.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

ELLIOTT…GRANT AND FARM CREEK PUBLIC WILDLIFE AREA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…

HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA NEAR MILE MARKER 41.

INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA NEAR MILE MARKER 48.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

 

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Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Cass County

Weather

November 11th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

148 PM CST WED NOV 11 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…

CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

* UNTIL 230 PM CST

* AT 148 PM CST…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELLIOTT…OR 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ATLANTIC…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE…TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.

IMPACT…EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

ATLANTIC…GRISWOLD…ANITA…LEWIS…CUMBERLAND…MARNE…WIOTA…

COLD SPRINGS STATE PARK…ANITA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT…LAKE ANITA

STATE PARK…GRISWOLD PARK AND ATLANTIC MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 50 AND 73.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

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Severe Thunderstorm Warning: E. Pott & Northern Montgomery Counties

Weather

November 11th, 2015 by Ric Hanson 

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
143 PM CST WED NOV 11 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA...
  NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA...

* UNTIL 215 PM CST

* AT 143 PM CST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES EAST OF MACEDONIA TO 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  RED OAK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

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

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ELLIOTT...GRANT AND FARM CREEK PUBLIC WILDLIFE AREA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA NEAR MILE MARKER 41.
 INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA NEAR MILE MARKER 48.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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Significant Weather Advisory for Harrison/Shelby Counties

Weather

November 11th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

1223 PM CST WED NOV 11 2015

…SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN HARRISON AND WESTERN SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM CST…

AT 1222 PM CST…DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PERSIA…OR 29 MILES SOUTH OF DENISON…MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
EARLING…PERSIA…DEFIANCE…DUNLAP…PANAMA…PORTSMOUTH…
WESTPHALIA…TENNANT…SCHABEN PARK AND MANTENO RECREATION AREA. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA NEAR MILE MARKER 89.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR SOUTHWESTERN IOWA.

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Sale of former Council Bluffs school building approved

News

November 11th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) – The Council Bluffs school board has approved the sale of a former elementary school building that is slated for demolition. The Daily Nonpareil reports the school board approved the sale of Walnut Grove Elementary School Tuesday evening to nonprofit organization NeighborWorks Home Solutions for $104,000.

The nonprofit plans to build 14 new homes on the property once the building is demolished. The district shut down the elementary school at the end of the 2013-14 school year because the building was below standards and the cost to repair it would have been between $12 million and $15 million. Students were reassigned to four other schools.

Superintendent Martha Bruckner said the board decided the nonprofit’s plans for the property was a chance for the school district to do something good for the neighborhood.

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TORNADO WATCH ISSUED FOR PARTS OF W/SW IA

News, Weather

November 11th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 534 IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES…

DALLAS MADISON RINGGOLD UNION ADAIR ADAMS CASS TAYLOR AUDUBON CARROLL CRAWFORD GREENE GUTHRIE FREMONT HARRISON MILLS MONTGOMERY PAGE POTTAWATTAMIE SHELBY.

PROBABILITY TABLE:
PROB OF 2 OR MORE TORNADOES : 60%
PROB OF 1 OR MORE STRONG /F2-F5/ TORNADOES : 20%
PROB OF 10 OR MORE SEVERE WIND EVENTS : 60%
PROB OF 1 OR MORE WIND EVENTS 75 MPH : 20%
PROB OF 10 OR MORE SEVERE HAIL EVENTS : 30%
PROB OF 1 OR MORE HAIL EVENTS 2 INCHES : 10%
PROB OF 6 OR MORE COMBINED SEVERE HAIL/WIND EVENTS : 60%
MAX HAIL /INCHES/ : 1.5
MAX WIND GUSTS SURFACE /MPH/ : 70

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Jeb Bush gets Bob Dole’s endorsement on Veterans Day

News

November 11th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Two-time Iowa Caucus winner Bob Dole has endorsed 2016 presidential candidate Jeb Bush. “He’s a great American, a great patriot,” Bush said. “I’m a huge Bob Dole fan.” Bush is campaigning in Iowa today (Wednesday). At about nine o’clock this morning, Bush arrived at Hy-Vee in Johnston where veterans were being treated to a free breakfast. Bush poured coffee and shook hands for about an hour before talking with reporters about last night’s candidate debate in Milwaukee.

“How do you improve on last night’s performance?” he was asked as he walked to the waiting campaign van. Bush replied: “I’ll do better. I thought it was fine. I did well. I talked about issues that are important to people. We need to start thinking about, ‘Who’s the person who can beat Hillary Clinton?’ rather than trying to get into small differences between each campaign. The big different is Hillary Clinton will double-down on a failed economic policy and I have the leadership skills to fix these complex things to allow people to rise up again. That’s what I’m going to focus on.”

As Bush climbed into the van, a reporter asked for the secret to his improved debate performance and Bush quipped: “Smiling more.” Then Bush rolled down the van’s window to reply to a question about playing bocci ball in Wisconsin before the debate. “One bowl and I won. Couldn’t drink the beer with the guy, though. I had to leave. It was in the middle of a hotel lobby,” Bush said. A reporter noted there was a ping pong table in the hotel lobby as well. “Yeah, I don’t get it. Milwaukee rolls differently than we do in Miami.”

Bush’s campaign van then rolled out, headed to a midday town hall meeting in Atlantic. The meeting, at the Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Plant, gets underway at 12:30.

(Radio Iowa)

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(Update) Deer on the road causes truck to crash near Adair

News

November 11th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

The Iowa State Patrol says deer on the road contributed to an accident early this (Wednesday) morning on Interstate 80, in Adair County. Officials report 42-year old Sean Lee Clapp, of Omaha, was traveling east on I-80 about 1.5-miles west of Adair at around 5:30-a.m., when he swerved to miss deer on the road.

The 2015 International straight truck he was driving – registered to National Everything Whole Sales, in Omaha, went out of control and ran off the right into a high tension cable barrier, before tipping over and coming to rest on the driver’s side. The tractor trailer blocked both lanes of the eastbound interstate for a little more than two-hours, while crews worked to upright the truck and remove the debris. Authorities re-routed traffic south off the interstate to Anita from exit 70, and then back east to exit 75.

Clapp, who was wearing his seat belt, suffered undisclosed injuries. He was transported by Adair Rescue to the Cass County Memorial Hospital, in Atlantic.

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