412 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

…SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MONTGOMERY…EASTERN MILLS AND POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTIES UNTIL 500 AM CDT…

AT 412 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES EAST OF MACEDONIA…OR 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ATLANTIC…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

EASTERN COUNCIL BLUFFS…RED OAK…OAKLAND…AVOCA…MALVERN…

TREYNOR…UNDERWOOD…CARSON…WALNUT…STANTON…EMERSON…

ELLIOTT…MACEDONIA…SILVER CITY…HANCOCK…HENDERSON…HASTINGS…

MCCLELLAND…GRANT AND FARM CREEK PUBLIC WILDLIFE AREA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…

HIGHWAY 34 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 17 AND 51.

HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 28 AND 64.

INTERSTATE 29 NEAR MILE MARKER 45.

INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 8 AND 20.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY…SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS…AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS…FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.