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Tornado Watch Cancelled for the KJAN listening area

Weather

April 27th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
349 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED TORNADO WATCH 95 FOR
THE FOLLOWING AREAS… IN IOWA THIS CANCELS 16 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL IOWA: DALLAS POLK

IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA: CLARKE DECATUR LUCAS  MADISON RINGGOLD UNION
WARREN WAYNE

IN SOUTHWEST IOWA: ADAIR ADAMS CASS  TAYLOR

IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA: AUDUBON GUTHRIE

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…ADAIR…ADEL…ALLERTON…
ATLANTIC…AUDUBON…BAYARD…BEDFORD…CARLISLE…CASEY…
CHARITON…CORNING…CORYDON…CRESTON…DES MOINES…EARLHAM…
EXIRA…FONTANELLE…GREENFIELD…GUTHRIE CENTER…HUMESTON…
INDIANOLA…LAMONI…LENOX…LEON…MOUNT AYR…NEW MARKET…
NORWALK…OSCEOLA…PANORA…PERRY…SEYMOUR…STUART…
WAUKEE AND WINTERSET.

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Special Weather Statement: Guthrie-Cass-Madison-Union-Dallas-Adair Counties

Weather

April 27th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

GUTHRIE IA-CASS IA-MADISON IA-UNION IA-DALLAS IA-ADAIR IA-
100 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

…STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL POSSIBLE WITH LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
IN ADAIR COUNTY…

AT 1259 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES EAST OF ATLANTIC
TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREENFIELD TO NEAR GREEN VALLEY LAKE…AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
PERRY…ADEL…GREENFIELD…STUART…DALLAS CENTER…EARLHAM…LAKE
PANORAMA…PANORA…DE SOTO…REDFIELD…FONTANELLE…DEXTER…
CASEY…ORIENT…DIAMONDHEAD LAKE…MINBURN…MENLO…YALE…LINDEN
AND LAKIN SLOUGH GAME MANAGEMENT AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS…AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

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Special Weather Statement: Taylor/Union/Ringgold/Adams Counties

Weather

April 27th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

TAYLOR IA-UNION IA-ADAIR IA-RINGGOLD IA-ADAMS IA-
1226 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

…STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN TAYLOR COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST…

AT 1225 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR BEDFORD…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
LENOX AROUND 1240 PM CDT.
CRESTON AND GREEN VALLEY LAKE AROUND 1255 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE LAKE OF THREE FIRES
STATE PARK…KENT…SHARPSBURG…CROMWELL…CONWAY…CRESTON
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT…PRESCOTT…GRAVITY…GREEN VALLEY LAKE STATE PARK
AND CLEARFIELD.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY…SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS…AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS…FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHEAST IOWA.

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Special Weather Statement for: Cass/Adair/Adams Counties

Weather

April 27th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

TAYLOR IA-CASS IA-ADAIR IA-ADAMS IA-
1212 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

…STRONG THUNDERSTORM ENTERING ADAMS COUNTY…

AT 1210 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR VILLISCA…OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CORNING…MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 70 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
CORNING AROUND 1220 PM CDT.
LAKE ICARIA AROUND 1225 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE CUMBERLAND…CARBON…
LAKE ICARIA STATE PARK…BRIDGEWATER…MASSENA…NODAWAY AND CORNING
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY…SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS…AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS…FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN DES MOINES .

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Significant Weather Advisory: Mills/Shelby/Page/Pott/Montgomery Counties

Weather

April 27th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

1147 AM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

IAZ056-069-079-080-091-271700-
PAGE IA-SHELBY IA-MILLS IA-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-MONTGOMERY IA-
1147 AM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

…SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL MILLS…SOUTHEASTERN
SHELBY…PAGE…MONTGOMERY AND SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTIES
UNTIL 1200 PM CDT…

AT 1147 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF RED OAK TO
7 MILES EAST OF COIN…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
RED OAK…CLARINDA…VILLISCA…ESSEX…STANTON…ELLIOTT…COIN…
COLLEGE SPRINGS…SHAMBAUGH…BRADDYVILLE…GRANT…YORKTOWN…
COBURG…BLANCHARD…HEPBURN AND VIKING LAKE STATE PARK.

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY…SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS…AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS…FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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SW Iowa Severe storm reports: Sun., April 27th 2014

Weather

April 27th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

(This post will be updated as information becomes available throughout the day)

11:15-a.m. – Thunderstorm wind gust of 58- mph recorded at the Shenandoah Airport AWOS (Automated Weather Observation System).

 

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Tornado Watch Issued for the KJAN listening area 4/27/14

Weather

April 27th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

1125 AM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

TORNADO WATCH 95 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

SOUTHERN IOWA
EASTERN KANSAS
WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI

* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1125 AM UNTIL 700 PM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE…
A FEW TORNADOES AND A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF DES MOINES IOWA TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF MONETT MISSOURI.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER…A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

IOWA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ADAIR ADAMS APPANOOSE AUDUBON CASS CLARKE DALLAS DECATUR GUTHRIE
JASPER LUCAS MADISON MARION MONROE POLK RINGGOLD TAYLOR UNION
WARREN WAYNE

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Severe weather possible Sunday in Nebraska, Iowa

News, Weather

April 27th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Rain is falling across southeastern Nebraska and western Iowa, and residents are preparing for the possibility of severe weather later on Sunday. The storms moved into southeast Nebraska Sunday morning and spread into Iowa. The National Weather Service says these storms might produce large hail and damaging winds, so residents are being encouraged to monitor the weather.

A severe thunderstorm warning was issued Sunday morning for the western Iowa counties of Mills, Page, Montgomery and Fremont. That area may see quarter-size hail and 60 mph winds.

The Weather Service says there is a significant chance that more severe storms will develop in Nebraska and Iowa Sunday afternoon.

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IWCC student shot during altercation on campus

News

April 27th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Police in Council Bluffs are investigating a shooting, Saturday evening, on the campus of Iowa Western Community College. Authorities say at around 5:55-p.m., officers were dispatched to Jenny Edmundson Memorial Hospital for a man with a gunshot wound. Officers learned that the victim was 19-year old Dalton Crosser, a student at Iowa Western Community College. Crosser told investigators that he and another 19 year old student had arranged to meet someone to sell an item, near the “village” area of the IWCC campus. He said that he and his friend drove to that area in his friend’s car.

Crosser told authorities that a gold colored four door car, with a sunroof pulled up behind them. Two men exited the car and walked up to their vehicle, getting into the back seat. The suspect in the passenger side back seat then displayed a handgun and pointed it at the victims, demanding their wallets.  Crosser didn’t think the gun was real and attempted to grab it from the suspect. A struggle for the gun ensued and Crosser was shot in the upper left arm/shoulder area. Both suspects fled after the shot was fired, leaving in the car that they had arrived in. Crosser’s friend then drove him to JEMH. He was treated for single gunshot wound and later released from the hospital.

The suspects were described as black males in their late teens to early twenties, both around 5’8″, with thin builds. The suspect with the gun was described as wearing a Rastafari type shirt, with dreadlocks. The other man was wearing a blue hat and white shirt. There was a third person in the gold car that didn’t get out. He was described as black male in his late teens or early twenties. No arrests have been made at this time.

Anyone with information on this crime is asked to call 328-STOP.

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Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Mills/Montgomery/Page/Fremont Counties

Weather

April 27th, 2014 by admin

MILLS IA-PAGE IA-MONTGOMERY IA-FREMONT IA-
1052 AM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN MILLS…NORTHWESTERN PAGE…SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY AND EASTERN FREMONT COUNTIES…

AT 1052 AM CDT…SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTH OF SIDNEY TO NEAR FARRAGUT…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
MALVERN…SIDNEY…ESSEX…FARRAGUT…EMERSON…RIVERTON…TABOR…
RANDOLPH…HASTINGS…IMOGENE AND PIERCE RECREATION AREA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…
HIGHWAY 34 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 20 AND 27.
HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 16 AND 31 .

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

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