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Severe Thunderstorm Warning: NW Harrison & Monona Counties

Weather

June 16th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

1121 AM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...
  MONONA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA...
  EASTERN BURT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT

* AT 1120 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER TEKAMAH...
  OR 37 MILES NORTH OF OMAHA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ONAWA...TEKAMAH...WHITING...DECATUR...MONDAMIN...PISGAH...
  MOORHEAD...MAPLETON...BLENCOE...SOLDIER...LITTLE SIOUX...CASTANA...
  TURIN...PELICAN POINT STATE RECREATION AREA...LEWIS AND CLARK STATE
  PARK...KENNEBEC...PREPARATION CANYON STATE PARK AND LITTLE SIOUX
  SCOUT RANCH.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 HIGHWAY 75 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 129 AND 150.
 INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 89 AND 118.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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