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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
354 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA
NORTHEASTERN PAGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT.

* AT 353 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RED OAK…OR 37 MILES NORTH OF TARKIO…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
STANTON…VILLISCA…HEPBURN AND CLARINDA

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 70 MPH WERE REPORTED IN RED OAK AREA WITH THIS STORM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM…SEEK SAFE SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!