THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BURT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
CUMING COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA…
EXTREME WESTERN MONONA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
THURSTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 1144 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS
INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR BANCROFT…OR 37 MILES SOUTH OF SIOUX CITY…AND
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
LYONS…MACY…WALTHILL…WINNEBAGO…DECATUR…BANCROFT…
OAKLAND AND ROSALIE.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…
HIGHWAY 77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 142 AND 169.
INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 118 AND 125.

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.