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Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Shelby & Harrison Counties

Weather

June 20th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

743 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 742 PM CDT…SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES WEST OF EARLING TO NEAR MODALE…MOVING EAST
AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD…HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
HARLAN…MISSOURI VALLEY…LOGAN…SHELBY…EARLING…PERSIA…
DEFIANCE…MODALE…WOODBINE…PANAMA…PORTSMOUTH…MAGNOLIA…
WESTPHALIA…TENNANT…NISHNA BEND RECREATION AREA…SCHABEN PARK
AND HISTORICAL VILLAGE WELCOME CENTER.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…
HIGHWAY 30 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 2 AND 5.
HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 67 AND 89.
INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 74 AND 84.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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