Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Harrison/Shelby/Pottawattamie Counties
June 1st, 2014 by Ric Hanson
BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA 432 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… WESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA… HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA… NORTHWESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA… EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA… * UNTIL 500 PM CDT
* AT 432 PM CDT…SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR MONDAMIN TO VALLEY…MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT…EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE… BLAIR…MISSOURI VALLEY…LOGAN…FORT CALHOUN…MINDEN… EARLING…MONDAMIN…KENNARD…PERSIA…DEFIANCE…MODALE… PISGAH…WOODBINE…DUNLAP…NEOLA…PANAMA…PORTSMOUTH… MAGNOLIA…LITTLE SIOUX AND WASHINGTON. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS… HIGHWAY 30 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 5. HIGHWAY 30 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 438 AND 450. HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 83 AND 89. HIGHWAY 75 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 102 AND 123. INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 66 AND 97. INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 20 AND 31.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. WIND DAMAGE WITH THESE STORMS WILL OCCUR BEFORE ANY RAIN OR LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.