United Group Insurance

Severe Thunderstorm Warning: N.W. Pottawattamie County

Weather

July 18th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

114 AM CDT MON JUL 18 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...

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 114 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHEASTERN
  OMAHA...MOVING EAST AT 20 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...
  OMAHA...NORTHERN COUNCIL BLUFFS...RALSTON...UNDERWOOD...
  CARTER LAKE...CRESCENT...MCCLELLAND...
  NARROWS RIVER PARK AND HITCHCOCK NATURE CENTER.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 HIGHWAY 75 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 88 AND 99.
 INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 52 AND 66.
 INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA NEAR MILE MARKER 1...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 8
AND 17.
 INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 450 AND 454.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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