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Tornado Warning for parts of Harrison & Pottawattamie Counties

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September 15th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

HARRISON IA-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-DOUGLAS NE-WASHINGTON NE-
448 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON...NORTHWESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE...NORTH CENTRAL
DOUGLAS AND SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 448 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT CALHOUN...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST
OF OMAHA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE DAMAGE
         IS LIKELY.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FORT CALHOUN AROUND 500 PM CDT.
  BLAIR AROUND 510 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE DESOTO
BEND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE AND WILSON ISLAND STATE PARK.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 HIGHWAY 30 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 5.
 HIGHWAY 30 IN NEBRASKA NEAR MILE MARKER 450.
 HIGHWAY 75 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 102 AND 114.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.