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Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Harrison & NW Pottawattamie Counties

Weather

July 5th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

323 AM CDT SAT JUL 5 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…

HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

NORTHWESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

SOUTHEASTERN MONONA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

SOUTHEASTERN BURT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…

CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 415 AM CDT

* AT 322 AM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MONDAMIN…

OR 30 MILES NORTH OF OMAHA…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE

TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

BLAIR…MISSOURI VALLEY…LOGAN…FORT CALHOUN…MONDAMIN…

PERSIA…MODALE…PISGAH…MOORHEAD…WOODBINE…DUNLAP…HERMAN…

MAGNOLIA…LITTLE SIOUX…PELICAN POINT STATE RECREATION AREA…

DESOTO BEND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE…WILSON ISLAND STATE PARK…

SCHABEN PARK…PREPARATION CANYON STATE PARK AND LITTLE SIOUX SCOUT

RANCH.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…

HIGHWAY 30 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 5.

HIGHWAY 30 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 444 AND 450.

HIGHWAY 75 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 105 AND 129.

INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 71 AND 99.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM…AND MAY LEAD TO

FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.