Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Mills, Montgomery & Pottawattamie Counties
July 24th, 2015 by Ric Hanson
749 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…
NORTHERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT
* AT 749 PM CDT…SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR OAKLAND TO NEAR GLENWOOD…MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT…EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
OAKLAND…TREYNOR…CARSON…EMERSON…MACEDONIA…SILVER CITY…
HANCOCK…HENDERSON…HASTINGS…FARM CREEK PUBLIC WILDLIFE AREA
AND OLD TOWN PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS…AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.