Svr Thunderstorm Warning NE Pott/SE Shelby Counties
Weather
August 31st, 2014 by Ric Hanson
759 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...
SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 759 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PERSIA...OR
27 MILES NORTHWEST OF ATLANTIC...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HARLAN...AVOCA...WALNUT...ELK HORN...SHELBY...TENNANT...KIRKMAN...
NISHNA BEND RECREATION AREA...PRAIRIE ROSE STATE PARK AND ELK HORN
CREEK RECREATION AREA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 64 AND 80.
INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 31 AND 48.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.