SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA

419 PM CDT TUE MAY 20 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 418 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER HARLAN…OR 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF ATLANTIC…MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. A SECOND SEVERE STORM WAS JUST EAST OF IRWIN ALSO MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

HARLAN…ELK HORN…IRWIN…WESTPHALIA…KIRKMAN…NISHNA BEND RECREATION AREA…PRAIRIE ROSE STATE PARK AND ELK HORN CREEK RECREATION AREA.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 70 AND 83.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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