Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Mills/Montgomery/Pott. Counties
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.