SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA

650 PM CDT SAT AUG 22 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…

MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

NORTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 649 PM CDT…SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE

EXTENDING FROM NEAR CARSON TO NEAR MURRAY…MOVING EAST AT 35 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…

PLATTSMOUTH…GLENWOOD…MALVERN…TREYNOR…CARSON…PACIFIC

JUNCTION…MURRAY…EMERSON…MACEDONIA…TABOR…SILVER CITY…

THURMAN…HENDERSON…HASTINGS…FARM CREEK PUBLIC WILDLIFE AREA

AND OLD TOWN PARK.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…

HIGHWAY 34 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 27.

HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 31 AND 48.

HIGHWAY 75 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 73 AND 76.

INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 20 AND 39.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

BUILDING.

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A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN

IOWA AND SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA.