652 PM CDT TUE MAY 20 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… SOUTHERN SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…NORTHEASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 652 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SHELBY…OR 26 MILES NORTHWEST OF ATLANTIC…MOVING EAST AT 15 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…

AVOCA…WALNUT…SHELBY…MINDEN…HANCOCK…PORTSMOUTH…

TENNANT…NISHNA BEND RECREATION AREA…PRAIRIE ROSE STATE PARK AND

BOTNA BEND PARK.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS… HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 58 AND 73. INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 27 AND 48.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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