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Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Cass, Douglas, and Sarpy [NE] until 1:45AM

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CASS COUNTY IN NEBRASKA…
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NEBRASKA…
SARPY COUNTY IN NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 114 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS
INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WATERLOO TO
ELMWOOD…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES WEST OF OMAHA TO
23 MILES EAST OF LINCOLN…AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
OMAHA…BELLEVUE…PAPILLION…LA VISTA…OFFUTT AFB…MILLARD…
PLATTSMOUTH…RALSTON…ELKHORN…GRETNA…SPRINGFIELD…
WEEPING WATER…LOUISVILLE…MURRAY…WATERLOO…CEDAR CREEK…
MURDOCK…NEHAWKA…
CHALCO AND BOYS TOWN.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…
HIGHWAY 275 NEAR MILE MARKER 167.
HIGHWAY 92 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 463 AND 466.
INTERSTATE 29 NEAR MILE MARKER 54.
INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 426 AND 454.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH…
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL…DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION…MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.