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Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Harrison & Monona Counties

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June 5th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

459 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…NORTH CENTRAL HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA… SOUTHEASTERN MONONA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA… UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 458 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PISGAH…OR

32 MILES WEST OF DENISON…MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD…QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

PISGAH…MOORHEAD…WOODBINE…SCHABEN PARK…PREPARATION CANYON STATE PARK…LITTLE SIOUX SCOUT RANCH AND WILLOW LAKE RECREATION AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING.  TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE WEATHER…INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL…DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS…AND TORNADOES. MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER…SUCH AS AN INTERIOR ROOM…A BATHROOM OR CLOSET OR BASEMENT.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST IOWA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.