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Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Harrison/Pottawattamie Counties

Weather

June 30th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

743 AM CDT MON JUN 30 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...
  NORTHWESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...

* UNTIL 815 AM CDT

* AT 742 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FORT
  CALHOUN...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF OMAHA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
           WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  UNDERWOOD...SHELBY...MINDEN...NEOLA...CRESCENT...MCCLELLAND...
  ARROWHEAD PARK AND HITCHCOCK NATURE CENTER.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 61 AND 72.
 INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 14 AND 34.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.