FREMONT IA-MILLS IA-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-CASS NE-SARPY NE-

236 AM CDT THU JUL 7 2016

…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN FREMONT…WESTERN MILLS…SOUTHWESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE…CASS AND SOUTHEASTERN SARPY COUNTIES (in Nebraska)…

AT 236 AM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PACIFIC JUNCTION…OR 24 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OMAHA…MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

BELLEVUE…PLATTSMOUTH…GLENWOOD…MALVERN…LOUISVILLE… WEEPING WATER…ELMWOOD…PACIFIC JUNCTION…MURRAY…CEDAR CREEK… UNION…NEHAWKA…OFFUTT AFB…TABOR…SILVER CITY…THURMAN… MANLEY…RANDOLPH…CAMP MAHA AND LOUISVILLE STATE RECREATION AREA.

FREMONT IA-MILLS IA-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-DOUGLAS NE-CASS NE-SARPY NE-220 AM CDT THU JUL 7 2016

…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN FREMONT…WESTERN MILLS…SOUTHWESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE…SOUTHEASTERN DOUGLAS…CASS AND SARPY COUNTIES…

AT 219 AM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR

PLATTSMOUTH…OR 16 MILES SOUTH OF OMAHA…MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE POTENTIAL SEVERE PART OF THESE STORMS ALSO EXTENDED BACK TO THE

WEST TOWARD MURDOCK AND GRETNA.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

FREMONT IA-MILLS IA-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-DOUGLAS NE-CASS NE-SARPY NE-212 AM CDT THU JUL 7 2016

…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN FREMONT…WESTERN MILLS…SOUTHWESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE…SOUTHEASTERN DOUGLAS…CASS AND SARPY COUNTIES…

AT 212 AM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF CEDAR CREEK…OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF OMAHA…MOVING EAST AT 35 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.

202 AM CDT THU JUL 7 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…WESTERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…SOUTHWESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…UNTIL 245 AM CDT

* AT 202 AM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CEDAR CREEK… OR 16 MILES SOUTH OF OMAHA…MOVING EAST AT 35 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…

SOUTHERN OMAHA…COUNCIL BLUFFS…BELLEVUE…PAPILLION…

LA VISTA…PLATTSMOUTH…RALSTON…GLENWOOD…GRETNA…

SPRINGFIELD…MALVERN…LOUISVILLE…WEEPING WATER…TREYNOR…

ELMWOOD…PACIFIC JUNCTION…MURRAY…CEDAR CREEK…

MURDOCK AND UNION.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…

HIGHWAY 34 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 17.

HIGHWAY 75 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 59 AND 91.

INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 20 AND 56.

INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 8.

INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 426 AND 454.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES ARE EFFECT THIS MORNING (See the separate posts listed on the kjan.com Weather page)

EARLY THIS MORNING…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. SOME MAY BE SEVERE, WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 70MPH, AND HAIL. LOW AROUND 70. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 60 PERCENT.

TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 40 PERCENT.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING THEN CLEARING. A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL EARLY MORNING. LOW IN THE MID 60S. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

FRIDAY…SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 80S. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH.

SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 80S.

SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF  THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE MID 80S.

112 AM CDT THU JUL 7 2016
UNTIL 2:00 AM CDT… AT 1:11 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF IRWIN TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF MEAD…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO AROUND 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE… OMAHA…COUNCIL BLUFFS…BELLEVUE…PAPILLION…LA VISTA… PLATTSMOUTH…RALSTON…GLENWOOD…HARLAN…GRETNA… MISSOURI VALLEY…ASHLAND…VALLEY…LOGAN…SPRINGFIELD…OAKLAND… AVOCA…YUTAN…LOUISVILLE AND WEEPING WATER.

THESE STORMS 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 345 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN IOWA: ADAMS FREMONT MILLS MONTGOMERY PAGE POTTAWATTAMIE RINGGOLD TAYLOR and UNION.