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Severe Thunderstorm Warning NW Montgomery/Eastern Pott. Counties

Weather

April 12th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
829 PM CDT SAT APR 12 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
EASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 829 PM CDT…SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR OAKLAND TO NEAR RED OAK…MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.

HAZARD…QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
OAKLAND…CARSON…WALNUT…ELLIOTT…HANCOCK…GRANT…FARM CREEK
PUBLIC WILDLIFE AREA AND BOTNA BEND PARK.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…
HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 44  AND 61 .
INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA NEAR MILE MARKER 48.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

Storm Hail reports, Sat. April 12 2014 (NWS information)

Weather

April 12th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

8:25-p.m.: Golf ball-size hail 8 miles west of Elliott.

8:21-p.m.: Golf ball-size hail reported in Red Oak.

7:55-p.m.: Half-dollar size hail 1 mile west of Macedonia.

7:50-p.m.: Quarter-sized hail in Macedonia.

6:55-p.m. – Penny-sized hail 1 mile west of Treynor.

6:53-p.m.: Quarter-sized hail in Randolph.

6:46-p.m.: Penny-sized hail in Tabor.

 

Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Montgomery County

Weather

April 12th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

813 PM CDT SAT APR 12 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 812 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER RED OAK…OR
29 MILES SOUTH OF ATLANTIC…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD…TWO INCH HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT
DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING…WINDOWS AND VEHICLES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
RED OAK…VILLISCA…STANTON…GRANT…COBURG AND VIKING LAKE STATE
PARK.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 34 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 30 AND 51.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

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

Severe Thunderstorm Warning: SE Cass/Adair/NE Adams Counties

Weather

April 12th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
754 PM CDT SAT APR 12 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES  HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 754 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST
OF LAKE ICARIA…OR 11 MILES NORTH OF CORNING…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…
GREENFIELD…LAKE ICARIA…FONTANELLE…ORIENT…MASSENA…
BRIDGEWATER…CARBON…GREENFIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT…LAKE ICARIA
STATE PARK AND NODAWAY PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

SOUTHEASTERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

Weather

April 12th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

739 PM CDT SAT APR 12 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES  HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 739 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF
GUTHRIE CENTER…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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…
GUTHRIE CENTER…STUART…PANORA…LAKE PANORAMA…DEXTER…
CASEY…DIAMONDHEAD LAKE…MENLO…YALE AND LAKIN SLOUGH GAME
MANAGEMENT AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Cass County IA

Weather

April 12th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
734 PM CDT SAT APR 12 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES  HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 734 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF
GRISWOLD…OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ATLANTIC…MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25 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…
ATLANTIC…GRISWOLD…LEWIS…MARNE…WIOTA…ATLANTIC MUNICIPAL
AIRPORT…GRISWOLD PARK AND COLD SPRINGS STATE PARK.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 50 AND 65.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

Severe Thunderstorm Warning Mills/Page/Montgomery/Fremont

Weather

April 12th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
729 PM CDT SAT APR 12 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
PAGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 728 PM CDT…SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR EMERSON TO NEAR FARRAGUT…MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 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…
RED OAK…CLARINDA…SHENANDOAH…VILLISCA…ESSEX…STANTON…
FARRAGUT…EMERSON…ELLIOTT…HASTINGS…YORKTOWN…IMOGENE…
COBURG…HEPBURN…PIERCE RECREATION AREA AND VIKING LAKE STATE
PARK.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…
HIGHWAY 34 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 20 AND 45.
HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 7  AND 37 .

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

GENE YOUNG, 78, of Exira (Svcs. 4/16/14)

Obituaries

April 12th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

GENE YOUNG, 78, of Exira, died Sat., April 12th, at the Exira Care Center. Funeral services for GENE YOUNG will be held 2-p.m. Wed., April 16th, at the Kessler Funereal Home in Exira.

Visitation at the funeral home is from 1-p.m. until the time of service on Wed., with the family present.

Burial will be in the Oakfield Cemetery east of Brayton.

GENE YOUNG is survived by:

His sons – Tom Young & special friend Jennifer Hacker, of Audubon; Monty (Annette) Young, of Atlantic; and Shon (Mary) Young, of Lewis.

His sister – Edna Crawley, of Exira.

9 grandchildren, 4 step-grandchildren, and 1 great-grandson, other relatives and friends.

Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Mills/Montgomery/Pott. Counties

Weather

April 12th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
658 PM CDT SAT APR 12 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
EASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 657 PM CDT…A SMALL AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
NEAR AND SOUTHWEST OF CARSON…OR 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ATLANTIC. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD…QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
OAKLAND…TREYNOR…CARSON…WALNUT…MACEDONIA…HANCOCK…
HENDERSON…OLD TOWN PARK…FARM CREEK PUBLIC WILDLIFE AREA AND
BOTNA BEND PARK.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…
HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 37  AND 61 .
INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 46 AND 48.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Mills/Montgomery/Fremont Co.

Weather

April 12th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
642 PM CDT SAT APR 12 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
WESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 642 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TABOR
…OR 32 MILES NORTHWEST OF TARKIO…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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…
RED OAK…MALVERN…EMERSON…TABOR…RANDOLPH…HASTINGS…IMOGENE
AND COBURG.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…
HIGHWAY 34 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 20 AND 36.
HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 22  AND 37 .

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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