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Special Weather Statement: Harrison/Pottawattamie Counties

Weather

August 31st, 2014 by Ric Hanson

HARRISON IA-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-WASHINGTON NE-

657 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2014

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE…SOUTHERN HARRISON AND SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PMCDT…

AT 657 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FORT CALHOUN…OR 16 MILES NORTH OF OMAHA…MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

BLAIR…MISSOURI VALLEY…LOGAN…FORT CALHOUN…PERSIA…MODALE…

DESOTO BEND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE…HISTORICAL VILLAGE WELCOME

CENTER AND WILSON ISLAND STATE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM…AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY…SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS…AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS…FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.