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LIVE LOOK THROUGH OUR DOWNTOWN SKYCAM. CENTRAL IOWA EXPECTING DAMAGGIN WINDS THAT COULD BE LIFE-THREATENING GOOD EVENING. I’M JAMES STRATTON IFON R STEVE AND STACEY TONIGHT. IT’S A WEATHER ALERT DAY. OUR TEAM IS IN PLACE TO PREPARE YOU FOR A WILD WEATHER D.AY LET’S START WITH CHIEF METEOROLOGIST CHRIS GLONINGER. JUST HOW BAD WILL THE WIND BLOW TOMORROW? CHRIS: WE ARE EXPECTING A POTENTIALLY HISTORIC ENTVE. THE NATIONAL WTHEAER SERVICE ALSO INTRODUCING THAT LANGUAGE IN THEIR FORECAST. WE START YOU OFF WITTHEH TEMPERATURES, THIS IS ONE OF THE KEY INGREDIENTS CONGMI TOGETHER FOR THIS TO BE THAT POTENTIALLY HI STORIC EVENT. WE TIED A RECORD TODAY, TOMORROW’S RECDOR OF 59 WILL LIKELY BREAK BY 7:00 IN THE MORNING AND IN THE AFTERNO,ON LOW 70’S. THAT IS THE WARMTH, AND HUMIDITY THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT WILL MAKE IT A PRETTY DANGEROUS AF TERNOON. 52 RHTIG NOW, THE WINDS RELATIVELY LIG. WEEG B TO -- THE WINDS WILL BLOW OUT OF THE SOUTH AND EVENTUALLY SOUTHWEST. A POCKET OF 40’S BUT0' ’S ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 50. OUR TEMPERATURES TOMORROW CLIMBING QUICKLY INTO THE ’S.0' THE MORNING WILL FEATURE WIND GUSTS OF0 4 MILES PER HOUR. DAMAGING GUSTS 70-80 MILES PER HOUR THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND FIRST PART OF THE OVERNIGHT. THE POSSIBILITOFY TORNADOES FOR THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF THE STATE AND THEN THURSDAY IT’S A MUCH QETERUI DAY FOR CLEAN UP ACROSS THE REGION. THE HOUR BY UR THOIMING AND THE AREAS WE ARE PINPOINTING FOR THAT SEVERE WEATRHE POTENTIAL, THE WINDS ARE OUTSIDE OF THE DAMAGING WIND DIRECT WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS AND THAT TORNADO THREAT. WE WILL TIME IT OUT HOUR-BY-HOUR IN THE FORECAST. JAMES: LET’S BRING IN ����vlog’S AMANDA ROOKER. SHE’S LIVE WITH HOW YOU CAN EPKE SAFE BEFORE THE HIGH WINDS PKIC UP TOMORROW, AMAA?ND AMANDA: JAMES, WE ALL LEOV LOOKING AT CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS BUT IF YOU LEAVE THEM OUT THEY MAY BE GONE BY TOMORROW NIGHT. TOMORROW’S STORM COULD TAKE A DANGEROUS TURN, AND WE SHOULD ALL USE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING TO PPA.RE TRAMPOLINES ARE NO MATCH FORHE T POUNDING WIND. AND TOMORROW’S STORM COULSED THEM HURTLING THROUGH THE AIR INTO BUILDINGS, CARS OR PELEOP THE IMPACT COULD BE DANGERS,OU OR DEADLY. >> THIS IS BEYOND JUSTN A INCONVENIENCE AND, YOU KNOW, BLOWING SOME THINGS AROUND. THIS COULD REALLY BE DANGEROUS WITH 60-70 MILE AN HOUR WINDS, THOSE PROJECTILES COBE DEFINITELY ABLE TO INJURE. ANDA: POLK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENTFF OICIALS SAY TO STAY AWAY FROM TREES, WATCH OUT FOR BLOWING OR FALLING OBJECTSND A MAKE SURE OUTDOOR ITEMS ARE BROUGHT INSIDE OR LOCKED DOWN. >> THIS TIME OF YEAR, A LOT OF US HAVE HOLIDAY DECORATIONS OUT ON THE LN.AW AND SO NOW WOULD BE A GREAT METI TO SECURE THOSE ITS.EM WE CERTAINLY DON’T WANT ANYBODY TO LOSE THOS BUT IT ALSO COULD BECOME VERY DANGERS.OU AMANDA: CHRIS CYRAN SPENT SEVERAL DAYS PERFECTING HIS HOLIDAY DECORATIONBUS T HE’S PACKING THEM UP TO KEEP THEM SA.FE >> TOMORROW I’M GOING TO UNPLUG AND PUT DOWN MY INFLATABLES BECAUSE I’VE SEEN WHAT MILWINDD HAS DONE TO THEM AND IF THERE’S , SEVERE WIN, I DON’T WANT TO LOSE THEM BECAUSE THE , NEIGHBORHOOD LOVES THEM AND SO DO THE CHILDREN THAT COME HERE AMANDA THE NATIONAL WEATHER : SERVICE SAYS ONCE THE DECORATIONS ARE PACKED UP FAMILIES SHOULD ALSO PREPARE FOR THE ORSTM’S AFTERMATH WHICH COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT DAMA.GE >> AFTERWARDS CERTAINLY IF THERE’S POWER OUTAGES, BE PREPARED FOR THE POTTIENAL OF THAT. AND ANY DOWNED POWER LINES, CERTAINLY STAY AWAY FROM THAT. THOSE ARE ALWAYS DANGEUSRO AMANDA: AND IT’S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE FOR IF THE STORM PICKS UP. KNOW WHERE YOU CAN TAKE SHELTER AND STAY INFORMED THROUGHOUT THE DAY. IN DES MOIS,NE AMANDA ROOKER, ����vlog 8 NEWS, IOWA’S NEWS LEADER JAMES: ANOTHER WARNING FOR TRAVELERS,TA SY AWAY FROM HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES ON THE HIGHWAY. LAUREN JOHNSON IS HERE WITH THE MESSAGE FROM A TRUCKING INSTRUCT.OR LAUREN: THAT VERY SIMPLE MESGESA IS TO PAY ATTENTION TO WARNINGS BY EMERGENCY PERSONNEL AND SLOW DO. THE HIGH WINDS EXPECTED TOMORROW CAN MAKE ROADWAYS DANGEROUS FOR MOTORISTS, ESPECIALLY TRUCK DAN SEMI DRIVERS. THE RISK OF TRUCKS AND TRAILSER FLIPPING OVER OR BLOWING OFF COURSE INCREASES AS WIND SPEEDS GET HIERGH THOSE AREAS TO WATCH OUT FOR WOULD BE OPEN AREAS OF ROAD OR BRIDS.GE GREG CHRISTY, A TRUCKING INSTRUCTOR AT DMACC, SAYS WATCHING YOUR SPEED WILL B CRUCIAL TOMORROW. >> ANYTIME THE WIND GETS OVER 40 MILES AN HOUR THERE’S GOING TO BE SOME PROBLEMS. SLOW DOW N. AMANDA: SOME ADVICE OMFR THE IOWA DOT TO CONSIDER, STAY WEATHER AWARE AND WATCH FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS. KEEP YOUR DISTANCE FROM SESMI AND TRUCKS. THE WIND COULD EASILY BL TOWHEM INTO YOUR LANE. AVOID DISTRACTIONS AND AGAIN, SLOWOW D JAMES: YOU MIGHT NOT HEAR THE SIRENS, BUT LET’ TSALK ABOUT THE BRIDGES TOMORROW. IN ANTICIPATION OF THE HIGH WINDS, THE SAYLORVILLE MILE-LONG BRIDGE COULD CLOSE. THE IOWA DOT SAYS THE CHANCEOFS A VEHICLE FLIPPING OVER IFHE T WEATHER WAS RIGHT COULD BE HIGH. THE IOWA DOT IS ALSO CONSIDENGRI CLOSING THE BRIDGE AT LAKE RED ROCK. JUST AN FYI, YOU MIGHT NOT HEAR SIRENS ACTIVATE TOMORROW, DESPITE THE POTENTIAL DAMAGE. POLK COUNTY’S POLICY IS THAT SIRENS ARE ACTIVATED FOR A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING. BUT FORECASTERS CAUTION,ON D’T UNDERESTIMATE THE DAMAGE THESE POWERFUL WINDS CAN CAUSE. SEVERAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE ARE LETTING OUT EARLY TOMORROW BECAUSE OF THE INCOMING SEVERE WEATHER. THAT INCLUDES ANKENY, WEST DES MOINES, JOHNSTON, AND MARSHALLTO.WN DOWNLOAD OUR ����vlog MOBILE A FPPOR A FULL LIST OF SCHOOL CLOSINGS. YOU CAN ALSO CHECK OUT OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES FOR SEVERE WEATHER COVERAGE. THAT WAY, YOU CAN STAY WEATHER AWARE ON YOUR PHONE IN CASE