- Audubon 382
- Harlan 404
- Exira/EHK 446
- Susie Bylund, Audubon 72
- Marea Ferry, Harlan 93
- Kara Collins, Exira/EHK 94
- Faith Fliflet, Audubon 96
- Amber Gross, Harlan 100.
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One person was killed during a single-vehicle accident early this (Monday) morning, in the 1700 block of North 16th Street, in Council Bluffs. Police in Council Bluffs say 72-year old Willie Donald, of Council Bluffs, died at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Authorities say Donald was traveling south in the northbound lanes of North 16th Street at around 12:40-a.m., when his vehicle entered a construction area and collided with a heavy construction vehicle.
The accident remains under investigation.
ADAIR IA-
532 AM CDT MON MAY 12 2014
…THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ADAIR COUNTY IS CANCELLED…
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED AND ANY FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED.
THEREFORE…FLASH FLOODING NO LONGER IS EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT TO
LIFE OR PROPERTY. HOWEVER…PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD
CLOSURES.
Damage assessment teams were scheduled to arrive in Guthrie and Dallas Counties this (Monday) morning, to try and determine whether extensive storm damage was caused by straight-line winds or a tornado.
Buildings were damaged by a storm that roared through the Lake Panorama area near Panora, in Guthrie County. Authorities say at least eight condominiums at the lake were damaged Sunday night, but no injuries were reported. One man who took shelter in a condo bathroom was found unharmed. If it’s determined a tornado resulted in the damage, the twister will be given a rating based on the Enhanced Fujita scale.
The severe thunderstorms that impacted western Iowa late Sunday evening and overnight, began Sunday afternoon in south-central Nebraska. They took about three-hours to move into the Omaha/Council Bluffs metro area, but during that time frame they brought several tornadoes, hail and heavy rain, and left thousands without power. Homes and businesses were damaged in at least four Nebraska towns. The storms also left nearly 17,000 Nebraska utility customers without electricity Sunday evening. By the time the initial storms reached Omaha, the storms still produced winds over 70 mph and heavy winds, with radar indicated but no official sightings of tornadoes.
The storms crossed into western Iowa by 7-p.m., resulted in the first warnings for severe weather in Pottawattamie and Mills Counties. As they spread across southwest and western Iowa, the storms left baseball-sized hail in Fremont County, and brought 60-mile per hour winds to an area just east of Marne. The storms also dumped rain ranging from just under 1.5-inches in Shenandoah to as much as 3.5-to 4-inches in the Avoca and Lewis areas.
The area last storm warning was for Flash Flooding in Adair County. It was issued today (Monday) at 12:30-a.m.
Here’s a list of the damage and storm reports in the chronological order they took place, as received by the NWS.:
11:05-p.m. Thunderstorm wind damage 2 miles nw of Panora: Outbuilding destroyed, roof thrown 40-yards.
10:38-p.m. 3-miles NE of Yale in Guthrie County: Large tree snapped in-half.
10:30-p.m. 2 miles s of Red Oak, golf ball-sized hail.
10:22-p.m. Rainfall in Atlantic since 7-a.m Sunday 1.6-inches. (24-hour total as of 7-am Monday was 2.18″.)
10:10-p.m. Thunderstorm wind damage in Panora: structural damage to a home at Lake Panorama & possible damage between Yale and Panora.
10:00-p.m. Half-dollar sized hail in Randolph (Fremont County)
9:55-p.m. T-storm wind damage 2 miles w/nw of Panora: 2 1/2′ diameter trees uprooted; dock destroyed; numerous trees down.; funnel cloud spotted 3 miles nw of Panora at the same time.
9:45-p.m. Baseball-sized hail 2 miles west of Thurman in Fremont County
9:42-p.m. Golf ball-sized hail 2 miles west of Thurman
9:40-p.m. Quarter-sized hail 6 miles w/sw of Thurman.
9:26-p.m. Street flooding reported in Atlantic
8:58-p.m. 60-mph thunderstorm wind gust 1 mile w/nw of Marne in Cass County.
8:15-p.m. 4.10″ of rain reported by a trained weather service spotter in Griswold.
24-hour rainfall in Atlantic ending at 7-a.m today at the KJAN studios (A National Weather Service reporting station) amounted to 2.18-inches. 1 inch of rain has fallen since 10-p.m. Sunday. Other (Official and Unofficial reports):
4.0″ in Lewis; 3.64″ 3 miles south of Avoca; 3.5″ in Oakland; 3.48″ 3 miles s.w. of Castana (Monona County); 3.25″ in Glenwood; 2.96″ in Underwood; 2.89″ at Irwin & Massena; 2.7″ in Villisca; 2.6″ in Castana; 2.51″ in Mapleton (Monona County); 2.32″ in Red Oak; 2.3″ south of Atlantic & 1 mile south of Avoca; 2.29″ in Logan (Harrison County); 2 inches in Audubon and in Randolph; 1.75″ in Clarinda; 1.48″ in Shenandoah. A trained weather service spotter reported 4.15-inches of rain had fallen by 8:15-p.m. Sunday, 1 mile northwest of Griswold.
If you have rainfall amounts to report, submit them to KJAN at 1-800-283-5526, 243-3920 (in Atlantic), or by e-mail to kjannews@metc.net. Please let us know where the measurement was taken (your location), the time of measurement and if it is a 24-hour total or weekend amount. Also, note any hail or severe storm damage that may have occurred. Thanks for your input!
Two people were arrested early this (Monday) morning on separate charges, in Red Oak. Police officials say at around 12:30-a.m., officers with the Red Oak P-D arrested 33-year old Luke Daniel Rinehart, of Red Oak. Rinehart was taken into custody on a charge of Breach of Peace in the 300 block of 2nd Avenue. He was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $300 cash bond.
And at around 12:35-a.m., officers with the Red Oak P-D arrested 21-year old Bradina Sky Gary, of Red Oak, on a charge of Domestic Abuse Assault. The woman was taken into custody at an apartment in the 1800 block of East Summit Street. Bradina Gary was being held without bond in the Montgomery County Jail.
331 AM CDT MON MAY 12 2014
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH is IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING; A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6:30-A.M FOR ADAIR COUNTY.
EARLY THIS MORNING…NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND…LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL. EAST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 70 PERCENT.
TODAY…CLOUDY…COOLER. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MID MORNING…THEN NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTHWEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 70 PERCENT.
TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. BREEZY…COLDER. LOW IN THE LOWER 40S. NORTHWEST WIND 10 TO 20 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 20 PERCENT.
TUESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 60S. NORTHWEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.
TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOW AROUND 40. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE LOWER 60S. NORTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGH IN THE UPPER 50S.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — At the urging of Governor Terry Branstad, lawmakers approved a bill last session aimed at making Iowa more attractive to military veterans and help them find jobs. Branstad says he hopes to sign the bill on Memorial Day at Camp Dodge in Johnston.
WEVER, Iowa (AP) — The construction of a $1.8 billion fertilizer plant is having a significant impact on southeast Iowa, but many people still debate how much the project will boost the economy long term. About 1,500 construction workers are building the plant near Wever, and that number is expected to grow to nearly 2,500 later this year. Lee County Sheriff Jim Scholl tells the Des Moines Register area residents have noticed the heavy construction traffic.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Firefighters are investigating a fire that killed an infant girl in western Iowa. KETV reports 6-month-old Mayci Colburn-Lerette was killed in the fire in Council Bluffs around 8 p.m. Saturday. Three other family members were critically injured by smoke inhalation and taken to Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha.
WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Two eastern Iowa college graduates can celebrate the milestone together later this week as mother and daughter. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports 46-year-old Jodi Bergmann and her 22-year-old daughter, Jessica Bergmann, will both graduate together from Hawkeye Community College.
337 AM CDT MON MAY 12 2014
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM CDT FOR ADAIR COUNTY.
WHILE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA…THE THREAT FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING STILL EXISTS. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS THE COUNTY AND ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY TRACK ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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