633 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… NORTHWESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA… * UNTIL 700 PM CDT *

AT 633 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FORT CALHOUN…OR 14 MILES NORTH OF OMAHA…MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE… UNDERWOOD…CRESCENT…MCCLELLAND AND HITCHCOCK NATURE CENTER.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS… INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 66 AND 71. INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 11 AND 17.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER…INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE WEATHER…INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL…DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS…AND TORNADOES. MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER…SUCH AS AN INTERIOR ROOM…A BATHROOM OR CLOSET OR BASEMENT. && A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST IOWA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.