509 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…

SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

NORTHWESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 509 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER FORT

CALHOUN… OR 14 MILES NORTH OF OMAHA…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD…PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL

DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING…WINDOWS…AND VEHICLES. EXPECT

WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING…AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

MISSOURI VALLEY…LOGAN…FORT CALHOUN…MONDAMIN…MODALE…

DESOTO BEND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE…

HISTORICAL VILLAGE WELCOME CENTER AND WILSON ISLAND STATE PARK.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…

HIGHWAY 30 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 5.

HIGHWAY 75 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 108 AND 111.

INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 68 AND 86.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

BUILDING.