747 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…SOUTHWESTERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…WESTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…SOUTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA…CENTRAL OTOE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 747 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AVOCA…OR 33 MILES EAST OF LINCOLN…MOVING EAST AT 40 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…

NEBRASKA CITY…SIDNEY…RIVERTON…AVOCA…UNION…NEHAWKA…LORTON…TABOR…

=THURMAN…DUNBAR…OTOE…LORTON VILLAGE…CAMP

CATRON AND WAUBONSIE STATE PARK.

 

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…

HIGHWAY 2 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 493 AND 508.

HIGHWAY 75 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 45 AND 59.

INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 7 AND 27.

 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

 

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

BUILDING.