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Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Western Pott. & s.w. Harrison Counties

Weather

May 26th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
107 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA...
  SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA...
  EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT

* AT 106 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLAIR TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF FORT
  CALHOUN TO OMAHA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  OMAHA...COUNCIL BLUFFS...BLAIR...RALSTON...MISSOURI VALLEY...
  LOGAN...UNDERWOOD...FORT CALHOUN...KENNARD...MODALE...MILLARD...
  CARTER LAKE...BENNINGTON...BOYS TOWN...CRESCENT...MAGNOLIA...
  MCCLELLAND...NARROWS RIVER PARK...
  DESOTO BEND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE AND HITCHCOCK NATURE CENTER.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 HIGHWAY 30 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 5.
 HIGHWAY 30 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 441 AND 450.
 HIGHWAY 75 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 88 AND 120.
 INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 47 AND 84.
 INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 20.
 INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 446 AND 454.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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