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(KMAland) -- The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for parts of Cass and Sarpy counties in southeast Nebraska until 2:45 p.m.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL SARPY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... CENTRAL CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT.

* AT 159 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF WEEPING WATER, OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OFFUTT AFB, MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

* HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.

* SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

* IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LOUISVILLE, CEDAR CREEK, SPRINGFIELD, PAPILLION, WALNUT CREEK RECREATION AREA AND PRAIRIE QUEEN RECREATION AREA. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA NEAR MILE MARKER 439.

* PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING.

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