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Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Pott., Mills, Fremont Counties

Weather

July 7th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

202 AM CDT THU JUL 7 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…WESTERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…SOUTHWESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…UNTIL 245 AM CDT

* AT 202 AM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CEDAR CREEK… OR 16 MILES SOUTH OF OMAHA…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…

SOUTHERN OMAHA…COUNCIL BLUFFS…BELLEVUE…PAPILLION…

LA VISTA…PLATTSMOUTH…RALSTON…GLENWOOD…GRETNA…

SPRINGFIELD…MALVERN…LOUISVILLE…WEEPING WATER…TREYNOR…

ELMWOOD…PACIFIC JUNCTION…MURRAY…CEDAR CREEK…

MURDOCK AND UNION.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…

HIGHWAY 34 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 17.

HIGHWAY 75 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 59 AND 91.

INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 20 AND 56.

INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 8.

INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 426 AND 454.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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