No damage and heavy rainfall was the result of three rounds of overnight thunderstorms for the Raccoon Valley Radio-listening area.

Raccoon Valley Radio’s Severe Weather Action Team went into live coverage when the National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for southwestern Greene County and northwestern Guthrie County at 10:58pm Monday. Greene County Dispatch reported storm spotters were paged to the City of Scranton area, where there were reports of heavy rainfall and no damage. Adair and Guthrie County Emergency Management Coordinator Bob Kempf said there was heavy rainfall and high winds mainly between Jamaica and Yale, and no reports of damage. The warning was allowed to expire at midnight.

A second severe thunderstorm warning was issued by the National Weather Service for eastern Dallas County at 11:29pm. Once again, heavy rainfall and cloud to ground lightning were the confirmed hazards with the storm, along with Dallas County Emergency Management Coordinator A.J. Seely reported over 1,000 MidAmerican Energy customers in the Granger area were without power during the storm. The warning was allowed to expire at 12:15am Tuesday.

The third thunderstorm warning was issued at 12:07am for southern Guthrie County. Kempf reported the heaviest rainfall was just into Adair County and there were no reports of hail or damage. The warning was allowed to expire at 12:45am.

There were three Raccoon Valley Radio staff, one listener, Weatherology meteorologists, Kempf, Seely and Greene County Dispatch involved in our Severe Weather Action Team coverage.