This report from NWS/Omaha late this morning. Also scan down for some other notes:
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT…CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1031 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2008
.TIME… …EVENT… …CITY LOCATION… …LAT.LON
.DATE… ….MAG…. ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. …SOURCE.
..REMARKS..
0635 PM TORNADO 6 N LITTLE SIOUX 41.90N 96.03W
06/11/2008 MONONA IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
*** 4 FATAL, 48 INJ *** TORNADO HIT THE 1800 ACRE LITTLE
SIOUX BOY SCOUT RANCH JUST NORTH OF THE HARRISON COUNTY
LINE. 48 INJURIES AND 4 FATALITIES CONFIRMED. CAMP CABINS
AND HOME DESTROYED.
OTHER NOTES
* One person died in SE Minnesota this morning in flood waters.
* Nine Iowa rivers at or above historic flood levels. In some areas this has been described as a 500-year flood,
* 53 Iowa Counties designated as a disaster area.
* Waterloo, Iowa has doubled thir rain amount compared to a year ago today and now show a surplus of 15.18 inches so far this year
* 2 known fatalities in Chapman, Kansas. The town was severely damaged
SOME IOWA/NEBRASKA RAIN AMOUNTS IN THE LAST 24 HOURS
1.79 Des Moines
3.02 Lincoln
2.12 Omaha
3.66 Oakland, Iowa
3.82 Algona, Iowa
4.00 Atkins, Iowa
2.65 Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Only one bridge still open, evacuation underway)
ELSEWHERE AND CHANGING THE SUBJECT (Pardon me for that)
* Up to 12 inches of new snow in parts of the Grand Tetons National Park in NW Wyoming. 15 inches reported at Grand Targhee in the area.
* USA (Lower 48) coldest this morning. 25, Bryce Canyon, Utah.
