Several Severe Weather Warnings were issued by the National Weather Service Saturday as an active month of June came to close. The evening began with a Tornado Warning covering northwestern Greene County just after 4pm. No tornadoes were reported by trained weather spotters, however there were reported funnel clouds in that area of the county. The City of Paton in particular was hit hard by heavy rainfall.

Later Saturday evening Dallas and Guthrie Counties were affected by heavy rainfall and high winds. As much as five inches fell in communities across central Iowa. There were also several reports of flash flooding and water over the roadways, particularly in Dallas County. So much so that the National Weather Service has issued a Flood Warning for the county until 9:15pm this evening. The Dallas County Road Department also reports that Xavier Avenue between 200 and 210th Streets just south of Granger is closed at this time due to water over the road. There was also reported home and tree damage in Winterset.

Over 2,000 Adel residents were without power during the stretch of storms. As of 4am, around 40 residents were still without power. Over 200 residents in Woodward also lost power, but all outages have been restored. Overall the severe weather carried wind speeds of up to 60 miles per hour and hail up to an inch in diameter. Despite the rainfall, no river checkpoints in our listening area are above flood stage.

Six Raccoon Valley Radio staff members, along with Greene County Emergency Management Coordinator Dennis Morlan, Adair and Guthrie County Emergency Management Agency Coordinator Bob Kempf, and Weather Eye Meteorologists were on scene to cover the severe weather. The Raccoon Valley Radio Network provides road conditions, storm reports, and any cancellations or delays whenever severe weather enters Dallas, Greene, or Guthrie Counties.

The one to count on for severe weather coverage is the Raccoon Valley Radio Network.