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Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Dodge, Saunders, and Washington [NE] until 2AM

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
DODGE COUNTY IN NEBRASKA…
EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL SAUNDERS COUNTY IN NEBRASKA…
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT

* AT 114 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS
INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR NICKERSON…OR 31 MILES NORTHWEST OF OMAHA…AND
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
FREMONT…BLAIR…ARLINGTON…HOOPER…CEDAR BLUFFS…NICKERSON…
INGLEWOOD…KENNARD…
WASHINGTON AND WINSLOW.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…
HIGHWAY 275 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 137 AND 156.
HIGHWAY 77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 112 AND 126.

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.