DES MOINES, Iowa—The National Weather Service Forecast Center has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch that included the KWBG area.  Boone County Emergency Management notes that people can still get signed up for any alerts through Alert Iowa Program.

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When severe weather threatens or an emergency situation arises, Boone County residents and visitors can now choose to be notified via phone call, text message or email.

Boone County Emergency Management has joined forces with Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management to bring ALERT IOWA to Boone County. This is a system that sends out emergency or severe weather alerts to anyone who signs up.

Alerts that will be sent out include those for severe weather warnings, missing children announcements and boil orders. Severe weather warnings automatically will be sent out through the state-wide system once the National Weather Service issues the warning. Such weather-related alerts will only be sent to those in the area affected by the warning. Alerts for other emergency situations that are more localized to Boone County will be sent by either Emergency Management or through the county’s 911 dispatch center.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 554
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
315 PM CDT MON AUG 5 2019

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 554 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

   IOWA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BLACK HAWK           BOONE               BREMER
BUTLER               CALHOUN             CARROLL
CERRO GORDO          CRAWFORD            EMMET
FRANKLIN             GREENE              GRUNDY
HAMILTON             HANCOCK             HARDIN
HUMBOLDT             KOSSUTH             MARSHALL
PALO ALTO            POCAHONTAS          SAC
STORY                TAMA                WEBSTER
WINNEBAGO            WORTH               WRIGHT