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Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Montgomery, Mills & Fremont Counties

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April 24th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA

848 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…

MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

SOUTHEASTERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

NORTHWESTERN PAGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

NORTHEASTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 847 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SHENANDOAH…

OR 22 MILES NORTH OF TARKIO…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

RED OAK…SHENANDOAH…VILLISCA…ESSEX…STANTON…FARRAGUT…COIN…

YORKTOWN…IMOGENE…COBURG…HEPBURN…VIKING LAKE STATE PARK AND

PIERCE RECREATION AREA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…

HIGHWAY 34 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 33 AND 51.

HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 4 AND 25.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM…AND MAY LEAD TO

FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS