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Severe Thunderstorm Warning: NW Mills, & Western Pottawattamie Counties

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June 14th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

656 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…

EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…NORTHWESTERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…WESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…EASTERN SARPY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA… UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 650 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF OMAHA TO SPRINGFIELD…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 65 MILES EAST OF COLUMBUS TO 37 MILES NORTHEAST OF LINCOLN…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…OMAHA…COUNCIL BLUFFS…BELLEVUE…PAPILLION…LA VISTA…OFFUTT AFB…RALSTON…SPRINGFIELD…TREYNOR…UNDERWOOD…CHALCO…CARTER LAKE…BENNINGTON…NEOLA…BOYS TOWN…CRESCENT…SILVER CITY AND MCCLELLAND.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 39 AND 66. INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 23. INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 440 AND 454.