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Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Shelby/Harrison Counties

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June 29th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

552 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…EAST CENTRAL HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 551 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PERSIA…OR 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DENISON…MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD…GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

HARLAN…EARLING…PERSIA…PANAMA…PORTSMOUTH…WESTPHALIA…

TENNANT…KIRKMAN AND NISHNA BEND RECREATION AREA.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 70 AND 85.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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