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The Raccoon Valley Radio listening area witnessed severe weather in the early hours Wednesday morning.

The National Weather Service issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Southeastern Greene County, Northeastern Guthrie County, and Northern Dallas County at approximately 1:56am. The National Weather Service was tracking a storm located over southwest Perry, moving eastbound at 40 mph.  At about 2:15am, Raccoon Valley Radio’s Severe Weather Action Team went on air for live coverage. According to the Dallas Center Fire Department, wind gusts between 30-40 mph were reported. 

A spotter in Minburn was reporting dime hail around 2:17am with the storm continuing to move east towards the metropolitan area. There was heavy torrential rain, over 40 mph wind gusts, and constant lightning was striking the sky of Perry for close to an hour. The National Weather Service expired the thunderstorm warning in Greene and Guthrie counties at 2:25am, but continued the warning for Dallas County until 2:45am. The spotter from Minburn concluded at 2:40am that 1.5 inches of rain was in the area. The National Weather Service monitored the storm, reporting that the impact was weakening in the Dallas County area, with the warning expiring at 2:45am. 

There were three Raccoon Valley Radio employees involved in the coverage as well as Weatherology and the Dallas County Fire Department. Raccoon Valley Radio’s Severe Weather Action Team provides live coverage of severe thunderstorm or tornado warnings for Dallas, Greene, or Guthrie counties until the storms move out of the coverage area or drop below severe levels.