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Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Mills, Montgomery & Pottawattamie Counties

Weather

July 24th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

749 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…
NORTHERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 749 PM CDT…SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR OAKLAND TO NEAR GLENWOOD…MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
OAKLAND…TREYNOR…CARSON…EMERSON…MACEDONIA…SILVER CITY…
HANCOCK…HENDERSON…HASTINGS…FARM CREEK PUBLIC WILDLIFE AREA
AND OLD TOWN PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS…AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.