THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...
  NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...
  NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...
  SOUTHEASTERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA...
  SOUTHERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...
  SOUTHERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT SUNDAY
* AT 727 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING INTO THE WARNED
  AREA. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY ACROSS
  PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA.
				

48 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTY, SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY, NORTHERN RINGGOLD, EASTERN TAYLOR AND UNION COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 646 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF LENOX…OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRESTON…AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…CRESTON…WINTERSET…MACKSBURG…

ADAIR IA-ADAMS IA-CASS IA- 636 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CASS…ADAMS AND SOUTHWESTERN ADAIR COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT…

AT 632 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES EAST OF GRISWOLD…OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ATLANTIC…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE… WIOTA…PRESCOTT…MASSENA…BRIDGEWATER…ANITA AND FONTANELLE.

627 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TAYLOR COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 623 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CLARINDA…AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

BEDFORD…LENOX…GRAVITY…SHARPSBURG…CONWAY…ATHELSTAN…BLOCKTON AND CLEARFIELD.

CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE– DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION- MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS COUNTIES IN IOWA….

620 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

…THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF AND INTENSE HEAVY RAINFALL…

IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT THIS EVENING…THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING BRIEF…AND INTENSE…HEAVYRAINFALL. IN THE MOST EXTREME CASES…TWO TO TWO AND HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR.

THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING…THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCE ADDITIONAL INTENSE AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LOCAL URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. THE URBAN FLOODING WILL CAUSE LOCAL TRAVEL PROBLEMS. IF THE STORMS TEND TO TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREA…FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE AND WARNINGS WILL NEED TO BE ISSUED. THIS IS POSSIBLE…BUT NOT LIKELY.

NEVER DRIVE TO FLOODED ROADS.

614 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR MONTGOMERY AND SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTIES…

AT 609 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 21 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MACEDONIA TO STANTON…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 49 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OMAHA TO 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF STANBERRY…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

RED OAK…STANTON…ELLIOTT AND GRANT.

612 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY…

AT 609 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RED OAK…OR 38 MILES EAST OF OMAHA…MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

ELLIOTT AND GRANT.

612 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…

SOUTHWESTERN ADAIR COUNTY, ADAMS COUNTY AND CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 609 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF RED OAK…OR 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ATLANTIC…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

GRISWOLD…CORNING…NODAWAY…LEWIS…CARBON…CUMBERLAND WIOTA…PRESCOTT…MASSENA…BRIDGEWATER…ANITA AND FONTANELLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS…FALLING TREES AND FLYING DEBRIS. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME…SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED…IMMEDIATELY MOVE TO THE BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM OF A REINFORCED BUILDING.

606 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING FOR…NORTH CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA… UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 604 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EMERSON…OR 36 MILES EAST OF OMAHA…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…ELLIOTT AND GRANT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR OUTDOORS…MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

557 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 554 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MALVERN TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF ESSEX…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OMAHA TO 58 MILES NORTH OF FALLS CITY…AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

RED OAK…STANTON…EMERSON…ELLIOTT…MACEDONIA…HASTINGS…HENDERSON AND GRANT. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 59 NEAR MILE MARKER 41.