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Severe Thunderstorm Warning

Weather

June 3rd, 2014 by Ric Hanson

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
441 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
EASTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 438 PM CDT…SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOGAN TO 6 MILES WEST OF
UNDERWOOD TO 6 MILES NORTH OF OMAHA…MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THESE ARE VERY DANGEROUS STORMS.

HAZARD…80 MPH WIND GUSTS AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED. EXPECT
CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO ROOFS…WINDOWS AND VEHICLES.
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
OMAHA…COUNCIL BLUFFS…LA VISTA…RALSTON…HARLAN…LOGAN…
OAKLAND…AVOCA…TREYNOR…UNDERWOOD…CARSON…WALNUT…ELK
HORN…SHELBY…MINDEN…EARLING…IRWIN…PERSIA…DEFIANCE AND
MACEDONIA.

THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE WARNINGS FOR THE LINE OF STORMS MOVING
THROUGH FAR EASTERN NEBRASKA…PLUS THE LINE MOVING ACROSS MONONA
COUNTY…AND THE STORM AHEAD OF THE LINE IN EASTERN POTTAWATAMIE
COUNTY.

SEVERAL BASEBALL HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND REPORTS HAVE BEEN
COME IN WITH THE LINE OF STORMS.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…
HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 41 AND 89.
HIGHWAY 75 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 88 AND 102.
INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 43 AND 66.
INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 48.
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.