327 AM CDT WED MAY 11 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA..UNTIL 415 AM CDT

* AT 326 AM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHWESTERN OMAHA…MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

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…

OMAHA…NORTHERN COUNCIL BLUFFS…FORT CALHOUN…MILLARD…CARTER LAKE…BENNINGTON…BOYS TOWN…CRESCENT…WASHINGTON…NARROWS RIVER PARK AND HITCHCOCK NATURE CENTER.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…

HIGHWAY 75 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 91 AND 105.

INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 52 AND 68.

INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 8 AND 11.

INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 446 AND 450.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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