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Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Pottawattamie/Mills/Montgomery Counties

Weather

July 16th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

306 AM CDT THU JUL 16 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…EASTERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA… * UNTIL 400 AM CDT

* AT 305 AM CDT…SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR TREYNOR TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF MALVERN…MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…RED OAK…MALVERN…TREYNOR…CARSON…STANTON…EMERSON…ELLIOTT…MACEDONIA…SILVER CITY…HENDERSON…HASTINGS…GRANT…FARM CREEK PUBLIC WILDLIFE AREA…OLD TOWN PARK AND VIKING LAKE STATE PARK.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…

HIGHWAY 34 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 14 AND 51.

HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 25 AND 48.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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