Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the area: Sunday, June 20, 2021

June 20th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

Today: Showers and thunderstorms likely before noon, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 87. East southeast wind 9 to 14 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight: A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 56. Breezy, with a north northwest wind 9 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72. Breezy, with a north northwest wind 10 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.
Tuesday: A slight chance of showers between 1pm and 4pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Chance of precipitation is 10%.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 89. Breezy.

Saturday’s High in Atlantic was 91. Our Low this morning was 65. We received .92″ rain overnight at the KJAN Studios in Atlantic. Last year on this date, the High was 82 and the Low was 61. The Record High was 101 in 1937 & 1988. The Record Low was 40 in 1961.

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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH until 5-a.m. Sunday (6/20) for Cass & area Counties

Weather

June 20th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1155 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 2021 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 292 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: IOWA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE…. ADAMS AUDUBON CASS FREMONT HARRISON MILLS MONTGOMERY PAGE POTTAWATTAMIE SHELBY TAYLOR.

PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE… SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE. ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE. A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE.

PROBABILITY TABLE: PROB OF 2 OR MORE TORNADOES : 20%

PROB OF 1 OR MORE STRONG /EF2-EF5/ TORNADOES : <02%

PROB OF 10 OR MORE SEVERE WIND EVENTS : 50%

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 : 80%

MEAN STORM MOTION /MPH/ : NE 45

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GEORGE PETERSON, 67, of Greenfield (Celebration of Life at a later date)

Obituaries

June 19th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

GEORGE PETERSON, 67, of Greenfield, died Friday, June 18, 2021, at the Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. Celebration of Life services for GEORGE PETERSON will be held at a later date. Steen Funeral Home in Greenfield is assisting the family.

Online condolences may be left to the family at www.steenfunerals.com.

Memorials may be directed to the George Peterson memorial fund to be established by the family.

GEORGE PETERSON is survived by:

His wife – Cheryl Peterson, of Greenfield.

His brothers-in-law: Jim (Marcella) Ernst of Omaha, Mike Ernst of Adair and David Chambers of Adair.

Other relatives and friends.

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IHSAA releases 1A and 2A Baseball District assignments

Sports

June 19th, 2021 by admin

District assignments for Class 2A and Class 1A for the 2021 baseball postseason have been released.

Postseason competition begins with one scheduled preliminary round game in 1A on Thursday, July 8. First round games for 2A and 1A are set for Saturday, July 10.

Pairings for 2A and 1A will be available the week of June 28 following coaches’ seeding meetings. For bracket purposes, the winners of District 1 and District 2 will play in Substate 1, the winners of District 3 and District 4 will play in Substate 2, and so on. Assignments for Class 4A and Class 3A will be released Friday, June 25.

Eight teams from each class advance to the 2021 state tournament, which will be hosted in Carroll for 2A and 1A, and Iowa City for 4A and 3A. Quarterfinals in Carroll begin July 26, while quarterfinals in Iowa City start July 28.

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High School Baseball Scoreboard 06/18/2021

Sports

June 19th, 2021 by admin

Hawkeye Ten Conference
Denison-Schleswig 12, Atlantic 2
Clear Lake 4, Red Oak 3
St. Albert 10, Shenandoah 6

Western Iowa Conference
Logan-Magnolia 18, IKM-Manning 5
Missouri Valley 7, Audubon 3
Treynor 16, Riverside 7
Tri-Center 11, Underwood 1

Rolling Valley Conference
Boyer Valley 11, Glidden-Ralston 5
CAM 14, West Harrison 3
Coon Rapids-Bayard 7, Exira-EHK 0
Woodbine 16, Whiting 0

Corner Conference
Fremont-Mills 2, Essex 1 (Game 1)
Fremont-Mills 7, Essex 4 (Game 2)
Sidney 5, East Mills 2
Stanton 6, Griswold 0

Pride of Iowa Conference
Central Decatur 12, Southwest Valley 7
Martensdale-St. Marys 6, Lenox 4
Mount Ayr 7, Southeast Warren 2
Nodaway Valley 12, Wayne 2

Other Scores
Carroll 13, Nevada 8
Winterset 7, North Polk 5

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High School Softball Scoreboard 06/18/2021

Sports

June 19th, 2021 by admin

Fort Dodge Tournament
Winterset 2, Atlantic 1
Atlantic 12, Harlan 0
Pleasant Valley 6, Winterset 5

Hawkeye Ten Conference
Boone 19, Kuemper Catholic 7
CB Abraham Lincoln 5, Clarinda 3
West Monona 5, St. Albert 1

Western Iowa Conference
Audubon 6, Missouri Valley 5
Riverside 7, Treynor 6
Underwood 12, Tri-Center 3

Rolling Valley Conference
Boyer Valley 21, Glidden-Ralston 9
Exira-EHK 8, Coon Rapids-Bayard 5
West Harrison 4, CAM 2
Woodbine 10, Whiting 1

Corner Conference
Fremont-Mills 6, Essex 3 (Game 1)
Fremont-Mills 3, Essex 2 (Game 2)
Griswold 13, Stanton 5 (G: 7 runs in first inning, Jenna Reynolds 3 RBI and 2 runs)
Sidney 10, East Mills 3

Pride of Iowa Conference
Central Decatur 14, Southwest Valley 4
East Union 7, Bedford 5
Lenox 2, Martensdale-St. Marys 1

Other Scores
Carroll 9, Nevada 7

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Iowa COVID-19 update for 6/19/21: No additional deaths; 98 additional cases; Positivity rate falls to 1.9%

News

June 19th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

The Iowa Department of Public Health’s Coronavirus Dashboard, Saturday, indicated there were 91 additional, positive cases of COVID-19 over the previous 24-hours, for a pandemic total of 403, 732, and no additional deaths, leaving the statewide total at 6,109. Deaths at Iowa’s Long-Term Care facilities since the start of the pandemic, stand at 2,372.

There remain three Long-Term Care (LTC) facility outbreaks in Iowa, with a total of 29 positive cases among patients and staff, and four persons who have recovered. Iowa’s 14-day and seven-day positivity rates are each at 1.9%.

There are a total of 68 Iowans hospitalized with COVID. Health officials report 17 patients are in an ICU; 13 COVID patients were admitted to a hospital, and 10 patients are on a ventilator. In RMCC Region 4 (hospitals in western & southwest Iowa), there is one person hospitalized with COVID-19, one person was in an ICU. No one was admitted over the previous 24-hours, and once again there were no COVID patients on a ventilator.

In the immediate KJAN listening area, here are the current number positive cases by County (since the beginning of the pandemic) and the total number of deaths (Since the beginning of the pandemic) in each county to date:
Cass, 1,476 cases; 55 deaths
Adair, 993; 32
Adams, 354; 4
Audubon, 553; 11
Guthrie, 1,317; 32
Harrison County, 1,935; 73
Madison County, 1,788 19
Mills County, 1,806; 24
Montgomery, 1,117; 38
Pottawattamie County, 12,361;174
Shelby County, 1,378; 37
Union County, 1,382; 35

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