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Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Mills/Montgomery/Pott. Counties

Weather

June 3rd, 2014 by Ric Hanson

LLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA

411 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…

NORTHEASTERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 410 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TREYNOR…OR 22 MILES EAST OF OMAHA…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD…QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

OAKLAND…TREYNOR…CARSON…MACEDONIA…SILVER CITY…HENDERSON…

OLD TOWN PARK AND FARM CREEK PUBLIC WILDLIFE AREA.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 37 AND 55.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN

DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT

IMMEDIATELY LIKELY…IF ONE IS SPOTTED…ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE…SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENINGFOR SOUTHWEST IOWA AND EASTERN NEBRASKA.