We received a few sprinkles Friday afternoon. Partly sunny, with a high near 85.įriday’s High in Atlantic was 96. Tuesday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 7am. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Monday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm, then a slight chance of showers between 10pm and 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Monday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1pm, then a slight chance of showers between 1pm and 4pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Sunday Night: Increasing clouds, with a low around 61. Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Tonight: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Today: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 8am. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce tornadoes. Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible warnings. REMEMBER…A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles either side of a line from 20 miles west northwest of Beatrice NE to 50 miles northeast of Kansas City MO. Severe wind will continue to be the main threat, with isolated large hail also possible. SUMMARY…A complex of severe thunderstorms over southern NE, with well-developed cold pool and pressure perturbation, and a history of several measured severe gusts, is expected to proceed east-southeastward across the watch area through midday.
* Primary threats include…Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75 mph possible Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible. Iowa counties included in the Watch are Fremont and Page. The National Weather Service has issued Severe Thunderstorm Watch #566 for two counties in southwest Iowa, and several others in southeast Nebraska. The largest stones (2.5-3″ diameter) fell near Elk Horn, NE., at around 6-p.m., and Fremont, NE, at around 5:20-p.m., Friday. The National Weather Service in Omaha says many locations in the eastern part of the State were hit by hail the size of Quarters to as large as Tennis balls and tea cups. Winds during the storms gusted to as high as 93 miles per hour near Albion, in Marshall County.Ĭrews were expected to conduct a damage assessment today (Saturday). The largest hail was baseball size (2.75″ diameter), reported north of Denver, in Bremer County. Hail ranged in size from Marbles and Quarters to ping-pong balls, with some locations near Eddyville and Iowa Falls being hit by Half-dollar (1.25″ diameter) to golf-ball size (1.75″ diameter) hail. They were advising people to stay away from downed power lines, and assume they’re charged and dangerous.
City officials in Marion said downed power lines and large tree debris were reported. KCRG reports the storms initially leaving thousands without power.
Spotters reported debris was lofted into the air during the event. Another tornado was seen 4 miles northeast of Popejoy, in Franklin County. The National Weather Service in Des Moines said there were also reports of funnel clouds in Franklin and Bremer Counties, with one weak twister touching down four-miles north of Iowa Falls in Franklin County, at around 5:45-p.m., Friday. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) – Severe storms rolled through eastern and parts of northeastern Iowa Friday night, bringing large hail and damaging winds.
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