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Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Page/Fremont Counties

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May 26th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

220 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…

SOUTHWESTERN PAGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT

* AT 220 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAMBURG…OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF TARKIO…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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…

SHENANDOAH…HAMBURG…FARRAGUT AND RIVERTON.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…

HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 16.

INTERSTATE 29 NEAR MILE MARKER 1.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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