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Severe Thunderstorm Warning: western Pott. County

Weather

June 28th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

1035 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...
  SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 1035 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FORT
  CALHOUN...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF OMAHA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NORTHEASTERN OMAHA...COUNCIL BLUFFS...UNDERWOOD...FORT CALHOUN...
  CARTER LAKE...BENNINGTON...CRESCENT...MCCLELLAND...WILSON ISLAND
  STATE PARK...NARROWS RIVER PARK AND HITCHCOCK NATURE CENTER.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 HIGHWAY 75 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 91 AND 108.
 INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 47 AND 50...AND BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 54 AND 68.
 INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 3 AND 20.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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