Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 2:30-a.m. for Central Pott. County
July 18th, 2016 by Ric Hanson
143 AM CDT MON JUL 18 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…CENTRAL POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA… UNTIL 230 AM CDT
* AT 143 AM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF COUNCIL BLUFFS…OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF 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…
NORTHEASTERN COUNCIL BLUFFS…UNDERWOOD…NEOLA…CRESCENT…
MCCLELLAND…ARROWHEAD PARK AND HITCHCOCK NATURE CENTER.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 8 AND 23.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.