Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Mills/Montgomery/Pottawattamie Counties
October 4th, 2013 by Ric Hanson
1214 AM CDT FRI OCT 4 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…EASTERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
* UNTIL 100 AM CDT
* AT 1211 AM CDT…SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF UNDERWOOD TO TREYNOR TO MALVERN…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT…EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE… OAKLAND…AVOCA…MALVERN…TREYNOR…CARSON…WALNUT…SHELBY…
MINDEN…ELLIOTT…MACEDONIA…HANCOCK…HENDERSON…MCCLELLAND…
GRANT…OLD TOWN PARK…FARM CREEK PUBLIC WILDLIFE AREA AND BOTNA
BEND PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN IOWA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA.