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Severe Thunderstorm Warning: western Shelby/eastern Harrison Counties

Weather

July 5th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

415 AM CDT SAT JUL 5 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…

WESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

EASTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 500 AM CDT

* AT 415 AM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LOGAN…OR

24 MILES NORTHEAST OF OMAHA…MOVING EAST AT 25 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…

LOGAN…EARLING…PERSIA…WOODBINE…DUNLAP…PANAMA…

PORTSMOUTH…MAGNOLIA…TENNANT…SCHABEN PARK…HISTORICAL VILLAGE

WELCOME CENTER AND MANTENO RECREATION AREA.

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.