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WWUS83 KOAX 032129
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
429 PM CDT FRI JUL 3 2026
IAZ069-NEZ051>053-032215-
POTTAWATTAMIE IA-SAUNDERS NE-SARPY NE-DOUGLAS NE-
429 PM CDT FRI JUL 3 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE
NORTHERN SARPY...SOUTHERN DOUGLAS AND SOUTHEASTERN SAUNDERS COUNTIES
THROUGH 515 PM CDT...
AT 428 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ITHACA TO 5 MILES WEST OF
GRETNA TO 2 MILES SOUTH OF PAPILLION. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH, PEA SIZE
HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OMAHA, COUNCIL BLUFFS, BELLEVUE, PAPILLION, RALSTON, WAHOO, GRETNA,
BOYS TOWN, ELKHORN, MILLARD, OFFUTT AFB, LA VISTA, CARTER LAKE,
YUTAN, WATERLOO, MEAD, ITHACA, AKSARBEN, ZORINSKY LAKE, AND SOUTH
OMAHA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 48 AND 54.
INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 5.
INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 435 AND 454.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN IOWA...AND EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA.
LAT...LON 4128 9659 4132 9611 4125 9581 4108 9598
4112 9634 4109 9679
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 252DEG 23KT 4113 9662 4117 9634 4112 9602
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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