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Flash Flood Warning Cancelled

Weather

August 28th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

720 AM CDT THU AUG 28 2014

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR RINGGOLD…TAYLOR…SOUTHERN UNION AND
SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED…AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO
POSE A THREAT. HOWEVER…SHOULD ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP
AND PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE SAME AREA YET THIS MORNING…THE
COMBINATION OF THE RAIN THAT FELL IN PREVIOUS DAYS AND OVERNIGHT AND
THE ALREADY SATURATED SOILS MEANS THAT IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH TO
PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. REMEMBER THAT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH STILL
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR YOUR AREA.

(Podcast) 7-a.m. News & funeral report, 8/28/14

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August 28th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

With KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.

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Small Stream Flood Advisory for Monona/Harrison/Shelby Counties

Weather

August 28th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

715 AM CDT THU AUG 28 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN MONONA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 915 AM CDT

* AT 710 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN HAD DUMPED 1 TO
2 INCHES OF RAIN OVERNIGHT…AND COMBINED WITH RECENT RAINS…MUCH
OF THAT RAIN HAS CAUSED MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND
COUNTRY ROADS. SOME AREAS FROM LOGAN TO DUNLAP COULD SEE ANOTHER
INCH OF RAIN BEFORE IT ENDS FROM WEST TO EAST.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
MISSOURI VALLEY…LOGAN…MONDAMIN…UTE…MODALE…PISGAH…
MOORHEAD…WOODBINE…DUNLAP…MAGNOLIA…SOLDIER…LITTLE SIOUX…
PELICAN POINT STATE RECREATION AREA…SCHABEN PARK…PREPARATION
CANYON STATE PARK…LITTLE SIOUX SCOUT RANCH…HISTORICAL VILLAGE
WELCOME CENTER…WILLOW LAKE RECREATION AREA AND MANTENO RECREATION
AREA.

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.

Audubon City Council to discuss and act on Remediation Plan

News

August 28th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

The Audubon City Council will hold a special meeting tonight to approve a remediation plan set forth by the Iowa Public Information Board, in light of the Council’s violation of Open Meetings and Open Records Laws. During the 7-p.m. meeting, the Council is expected to read the agreement, and vote on approval. If approved, the agreement will be signed and returned to the IPIB and the Council will continue to implement the plan with regard to areas that may not already been addressed.

A copy of the remediation plan is available on the Audubon City Council’s website.

(a PDF copy of the plan can be found here: http://www.auduboncounty.com/webres/File/city-agendas-minutes/08-28-14/IPIB%20Remediation%20Plan.pdf )

Small Stream Flood Advisory until 8:15-a.m.

Weather

August 28th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

POTTAWATTAMIE IA-MONTGOMERY IA-MILLS IA-
613 AM CDT THU AUG 28 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
EASTERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 815 AM CDT

* AT 610 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY
RAIN HAD DROPPED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN FROM NEAR MALVERN TO
HENDERSON AND EMERSON. THIS AREA OF STORMS WILL SWEEP ACROSS
MONTGOMERY AND EASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTIES…PRODUCING OVER 2
INCHES OF RAINFALL IN SOME AREAS. RAIN TOTALS COULD REACH 3 INCHES
BEFORE THE RAIN LETS UP. THIS WILL LEAD TO FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS…AS WELL AS FARM AND COUNTY ROADS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
RED OAK…MALVERN…STANTON…EMERSON…ELLIOTT…HENDERSON…
HASTINGS…GRANT AND FARM CREEK PUBLIC WILDLIFE AREA.

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.

Skyscan Forecast: Thu., 8/28/14

Weather

August 28th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Flash Flood Watch Until Noon; Flood Advisory for parts of Pott. & Mills Counties until 8-a.m.; Flash Flood Warning for parts of Adams, Union, Taylor & Ringgold Counties until 10:30-a.m.**
Today: Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. High 78. S @ 5-10. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 8pm. Mostly cloudy. Low 68. S @ 5-10. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Friday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy. High 79. S-SW @ 5-10. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Fri. Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. Light and variable wind. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Light and variable wind becoming west northwest around 5 mph.

Sunday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 84.

Rainfall report (8/28/14)

Weather

August 28th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Rainfall update for Atlantic:  .6″ of rain since 7-a.m. today, bringing the storm system total to 2.81″ as of 12-p.m.

In Atlantic, at the KJAN studios [Official Nat’l. Weather Service reporting site], we received 2.21″ of rain from 7-a.m. Wed. thru 7-a.m. today (8/28). 2 miles NW of Atlantic, 2.16″.

Other reports from NWS observers & area media include (24-hour total as of 7-a.m. unless otherwise indicated):

1.5 miles south of Avoca, .9″; Audubon, .75″; 1 mile north of Beaconsfield (Taylor Co.), 1.4″;  south of Bedford (Taylor Co.), 2.52″ (as of 6-am); 1 mile west of Blockton (Taylor Co.), 1.74“; Clarinda, 2.7″; 5 miles east/south of Denison, 1.42″‘ Emerson, 2.2″; Irwin, 1.08″; 3 miles east of Manning (Carroll Co.), 1.18″; Massena, .63″; 1 mile south of Mt. Ayr, 1.23″; Red Oak, 1″; Treynor, 3.1″; Villisca, 1.42″.

WENDELL L. LENSCH, 86, of Exira (Svcs. 8/30/14)

Obituaries

August 28th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

WENDELL L. LENSCH, 86, of Exira, died Sun., Aug, 24th, at the Exira Care Center. A Celebration of Life Memorial service for WENDELL LENSCH will be held 1:30-p.m. Sat., Aug. 30th, at the Kessler Funeral Home in Exira.

Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family visitation is from 1-p.m. until the time of service, Saturday.

Burial will be in the Exira Cemetery.

WENDELL LENSCH is survived by:

His daughters – Kimberly (Jay) Curtice, of Grand Junction, CO. & Marilee (Dennis) Smith, of Aurora, CO.

His step-children: Tim (Rose) Hartsook, of LaPorte City; Deanne (Guy) Blagg, of Granger; Marsha (Steve) Milder, of Maynard, & Scott Hartsook & Dennis Groenenboom, of Des Moines.

2 grandchildren, 5 step-grandchildren, his in-laws, other relatives & friends.

High-speed Injury accident in Council Bluffs, Wed. evening

News

August 28th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

One person was injured during a collision Wednesday evening, in Council Bluffs. According to Bluffs Police, 21-year old Nathan Maxwell Hall, of Council Bluffs, was transported to Creighton Medical Center in Omaha for treatment of possible, unknown injuries, after his 2007 Pontiac Vibe was hit at a high rate of speed by a 2001 Volvo driven by 21-year old Matthew Howell, of Council Bluffs.

Officials say Howell’s car had been involved in a hit-and-run accident near 29th and Broadway before fleeing north on 29th at speeds of about 60-to 70-miles per hour. A witness said the car “blew through the stop sign” at the intersection of 29th and Avenue B at around 6:10-p.m. at speeds estimated at 70-to 80-mph, and collided with Hall’s Pontiac.

After the initial impact, the Volvo went airborne and hit a power pole. The car then spun around while airborne, and landed on a legally parked, unoccupied 1994 Saturn. A small fire that started in the engine compartment of the Volvo was quickly extinguished by local residents.

Howell and a passenger in his car were trapped in the vehicle, but were extricated and transported to Creighton Hospital, along with Nathan Hall. Damage from the crash amounted to $16,000.

Flood Advisory for SE Pott./Northern Mills Counties

Weather

August 28th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

POTTAWATTAMIE IA-MILLS IA-SARPY NE- 456 AM CDT THU AUG 28 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR… SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY and… NORTHERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA, as well as NORTHEASTERN SARPY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA… UNTIL 800 AM CDT

AT 452 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS SPREADING INTO WEST CENTRAL IOWA. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM AROUND BELLEVUE TO GLENWOOD…AND AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO COULD FALL EARLY THIS MORNING. MANY AREAS WILL SEE BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN FROM BELLEVUE AND GLENWOOD INTO POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY NEAR OAKLAND. FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS IS LIKELY.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE… SOUTHEASTERN COUNCIL BLUFFS…BELLEVUE…GLENWOOD…OAKLAND… TREYNOR…CARSON…PACIFIC JUNCTION…MACEDONIA…OFFUTT AFB… SILVER CITY…HENDERSON…MCCLELLAND…LAKE MANAWA STATE PARK… CAMP MAHA…OLD TOWN PARK AND FARM CREEK PUBLIC WILDLIFE AREA.

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.