AREA COUNTIES: MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-
545 AM CDT SAT JUN 21 2014

TODAY AND TONIGHT…ISOLATED NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING OVER SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA.  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO MOVE INTO NORHTEAST NEBRASKA THIS EVENING…AND ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY WITH THE
MAIN THREATS OF STRONG WINDS…HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL.

SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY….PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT AS A WEAK BOUNDARY DROPS THROUGH THE REGION AND AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CROSSES THE PLAINS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT…SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

AREA COUNTIES: SAC-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS- ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD

TODAY AND TONIGHT… THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. THE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS IS LOW. LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. THE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL. SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL THE MAIN THREATS.

SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY…. THERE WILL BE PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE PERIOD. SEVERE STORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WEATHER IS POSSIBLE. SPECIFIC THREATS…TIMING AND LOCATION WILL BE BETTER DEFINED IN THE COMING DAYS. .

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT… SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FROM TIME TO TIME THROUGH THE PERIOD.

Friday’s High in Atlantic was 87. Our low through 5-am Saturday (today) 63. Rainfall at the KJAN studios since 9-p.m. Frday (thru 6-am Sat.)  amounted to 1.01″.

The Freese-Notis forecast for Sat., 6/21/14…..

Today will be mostly cloudy in the morning with scattered showers before 10 AM, becoming partly to mostly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms developing in the afternoon. Some of the storms in the afternoon and evening may be severe, with damaging winds and large hail possible. The high will be 88 with S winds becoming SE in the afternoon at 10-20 mph.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms and a low of 66 and NE winds becoming SE by dawn at 10-15 mph.

Sunday will be partly to mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms and a high of 88 and SE winds at 10-15 mph in the morning becoming W in the afternoon.
Sunday night will be mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms likely, especially before 3 AM, and a low of 65 with W-NW winds at 5-15mph.

Monday will be mostly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms likely and a high of 78. Showers and thunderstorms will end by 9 PM with conditions becoming mostly to partly cloudy by dawn and a low of 64.

Tuesday will be partly cloudy with a high reaching 80.
Tuesday night will be partly cloudy with a low falling to 65. Total rainfall will be around 1-1.5 inches, with higher amounts possible with heavy, prolonged thunderstorms.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM CDT SATURDAY FOR NORTHWESTERN MILLS and SOUTH CENTRAL POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTIES IN IOWA, AND NORTHEASTERN SARPY IN NEBRASKA.

EARLIER THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING, DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
BELLEVUE…PAPILLION AND OFFUTT AFB.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.  TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

• Early This Morning Thunderstorms. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of thunderstorms near 100 percent.
• Today Partly sunny. Thunderstorms through mid morning…then scattered thunderstorms before noon. Isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon. High in the upper 80s. South wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of thunderstorms 90 percent.
• Tonight Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly cloudy. A slight chance of thunderstorms until early morning…then a chance of thunderstorms early in the morning. Low around 70. South wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of thunderstorms 30 percent.
• Sunday Partly sunny with a 40 percent chance of thunderstorms. High in the mid 80s. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
• Sunday Night Thunderstorms likely. Low in the upper 60s. South wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of thunderstorms 60 percent.
• Monday Thunderstorms likely. High in the upper 70s. North wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of thunderstorms 70 percent.
• Monday Night Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of thunderstorms. Low in the lower 60s.
• Tuesday Partly cloudy. High in the lower 80s.