410 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…

SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

NORTHWESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…

SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 410 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ELKHORN…OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST 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…

WESTERN OMAHA…BLAIR…MISSOURI VALLEY…VALLEY…FORT CALHOUN… WATERLOO…KENNARD…ELKHORN…BENNINGTON…BOYS TOWN… WASHINGTON… DESOTO BEND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE AND WILSON ISLAND STATE PARK.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…

HIGHWAY 275 IN NEBRASKA NEAR MILE MARKER 167.

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 99 AND 117.

INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 66 AND 75.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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