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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1212 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012

IAZ069-NEZ045-052-150545-
POTTAWATTAMIE IA-DOUGLAS NE-WASHINGTON NE-
1212 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012

…SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR POTTAWATTAMIE…DOUGLAS AND
SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 AM CDT…

AT 1207 AM CDT…NWS METEOROLOGISTS REPORTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR VALLEY…OR 15 MILES WEST OF OMAHA…MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PEAS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
OMAHA…COUNCIL BLUFFS…MILLARD…RALSTON…ELKHORN…VALLEY…
FORT CALHOUN…UNDERWOOD…WATERLOO…CARTER LAKE…BENNINGTON…
BOYS TOWN…CRESCENT…MCCLELLAND AND WASHINGTON.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…
HIGHWAY 275 NEAR MILE MARKER 167.
HIGHWAY 92 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 463 AND 466.
INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 47 AND 71.
INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 17.
INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 446 AND 454.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM…AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

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A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN IOWA AND EASTERN NEBRASKA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT