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Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page & Pottawattamie Counties

Weather

May 27th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

330 AM CDT MON MAY 27 2013
 
 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A
 
 * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
   FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
   EASTERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
   MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
   NORTHWESTERN PAGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
   EASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
 
 * UNTIL 400 AM CDT
 
 * AT 328 AM CDT…A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
   LINE EXTENDING FROM WALNUT TO EMERSON TO 6 MILES WEST OF HAMBURG…
   MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
 
 HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
 
 SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.
 
 IMPACT…EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.
 
 * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
   RED OAK…SHENANDOAH…SIDNEY…HAMBURG…ESSEX…STANTON…
   FARRAGUT…EMERSON…ELLIOTT…RIVERTON…HASTINGS…RANDOLPH…
   GRANT…IMOGENE AND COBURG.
 
 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
 
 FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
 BUILDING.