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Severe thunderstorm warning: Mills/Pott Counties

Weather

June 20th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

810 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...
  SOUTHWESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...
  SOUTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  SARPY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 809 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER MILLARD...OR
  8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OMAHA...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  OMAHA...COUNCIL BLUFFS...BELLEVUE...PAPILLION...LA VISTA...
  RALSTON...GLENWOOD...GRETNA...SPRINGFIELD...PACIFIC JUNCTION...
  ELKHORN...MILLARD...OFFUTT AFB...CARTER LAKE...BOYS TOWN...
  LAKE MANAWA STATE PARK...NARROWS RIVER PARK...
  CAMP MAHA AND CHALCO. THIS INCLUDES THE MEN`S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 HIGHWAY 34 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 6 AND 11.
 HIGHWAY 75 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 79 AND 91.
 INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 35 AND 55.
 INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 5.
 INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 435 AND 454.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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