446 AM CDT WED SEP 23 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…NORTHWESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA… SOUTH CENTRAL HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

* UNTIL 515 AM CDT

* AT 445 AM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF COUNCIL BLUFFS…OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF OMAHA…MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM PRODUCED 60 MPH WINDS AT EPPLEY AIRFIELD AT 439 AM.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

NORTHEASTERN OMAHA…CRESCENT…DESOTO BEND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE…WILSON ISLAND STATE PARK AND HITCHCOCK NATURE CENTER.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS… HIGHWAY 75 IN NEBRASKA NEAR MILE MARKER 94. INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 58 AND 74.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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