115 AM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…
NORTHERN FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN PAGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…
MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…
EASTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA…
NORTH CENTRAL OTOE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 115 AM CDT…SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR GLENWOOD TO NEAR UNION…MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING…AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
PLATTSMOUTH…RED OAK…GLENWOOD…SHENANDOAH…VILLISCA…
MALVERN…SIDNEY…ESSEX…STANTON…PACIFIC JUNCTION…MURRAY…
EMERSON…ELLIOTT…UNION…NEHAWKA…TABOR…THURMAN…RANDOLPH…
HASTINGS AND GRANT.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…
HIGHWAY 34 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 48.
HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 13 AND 37.
HIGHWAY 75 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 57 AND 59.
INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 17 AND 35.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS…AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.