557 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 554 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MALVERN TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF ESSEX…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OMAHA TO 58 MILES NORTH OF FALLS CITY…AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

RED OAK…STANTON…EMERSON…ELLIOTT…MACEDONIA…HASTINGS…HENDERSON AND GRANT. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 59 NEAR MILE MARKER 41.