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Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Fremont County

Weather

April 27th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

226 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…UNTIL 315 PM CDT

* AT 225 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAMBURG…OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF TARKIO…MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM COULD DEVELOP ROTATION QUICKLY.

HAZARD…QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

HAMBURG…SIDNEY…FARRAGUT…RIVERTON AND WAUBONSIE STATE PARK.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 NEAR MILE MARKER 1.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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