Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Mills/Fremont Counties
May 25th, 2015 by Ric Hanson
BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
618 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…
WESTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 617 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SIDNEY…OR 27 MILES NORTHWEST OF TARKIO…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM PRODUCED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL NEAR NEBRASKA CITY EARLIER.
HAZARD…GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT…PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING…WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
GLENWOOD…SIDNEY…TABOR…THURMAN…RANDOLPH AND WAUBONSIE STATE PARK.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…
HIGHWAY 34 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 9 AND 11.
INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 4 AND 25.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING.