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Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 3:33 AM Jun. 6, 2026 – National Weather Service
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN FREMONT...WESTERN MILLS...SOUTHWESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE
AND SOUTHEASTERN CASS COUNTIES...

At 1032 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Council Bluffs Airport to 4 miles east of Treynor
to 3 miles northeast of Hastings to 4 miles southeast of Malvern,
moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Weather Instrument Measurement. At 1024 PM CDT, a 64 MPH
wind gust was observed 3 miles south of Glenwood.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

These severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Fremont, western Mills, southwestern Pottawattamie and
southeastern Cass Counties, including the following locations...
Thurman, Lake Manawa State Park, Mineola, and Narrows River Park.

People attending Pottawattamie County Public Health In Focus should
seek safe shelter immediately!

This includes the following highways...
Interstate 29 between mile markers 17 and 50, and between mile
markers 54 and 56.
Interstate 80 in Iowa between mile markers 3 and 8.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&


THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE;
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED;
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN;
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED;
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 3:30 AM Jun. 6, 2026 – National Weather Service
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY...EASTERN MILLS AND POTTAWATTAMIE
COUNTIES...

At 1029 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 3 miles east of Council Bluffs Airport to 4 miles
southeast of Treynor to 4 miles north of Hastings to near Malvern,
moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Weather Instrument Measurement. At 1024 PM CDT, a 64 MPH
wind gust was observed 3 miles south of Glenwood.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

These severe storms will be near...
Malvern, Treynor, Macedonia, Henderson, and Hastings around 1035
PM CDT.
Carson around 1040 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Oakland and Hancock.

People attending Pottawattamie County Public Health In Focus should
seek safe shelter immediately!

This includes the following highways...
Interstate 29 between mile markers 45 and 50, and between mile
markers 54 and 56.
Interstate 80 in Iowa between mile markers 3 and 17, and between
mile markers 34 and 37.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&


THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE;
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED;
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN;
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED;
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

Flood Watch
Issued: 1:17 AM Jun. 6, 2026 – National Weather Service
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SATURDAY...

* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible.

* WHERE...Portions of southwest Iowa, including the following
counties, Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page and Pottawattamie and
Nebraska, including the following counties, Butler, Cass, Douglas,
Gage, Johnson, Lancaster, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee, Richardson, Sarpy,
Saunders and Seward.

* WHEN...Until 7 AM CDT Saturday.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks. Low-water crossings
may be flooded.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- A band of heavy rain is expected to develop late this evening and
linger into early Saturday morning. Localized rainfall amounts of
2 to 4 inches are expected and could lead to flash flooding,
especially in areas that received recent heavy rain.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action
should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.

&&

Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Issued: 10:48 PM Jun. 5, 2026 – National Weather Service
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
275 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES

IN SOUTHWEST IOWA

FREMONT               MILLS                 MONTGOMERY
PAGE                  POTTAWATTAMIE

IN NEBRASKA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 15 COUNTIES

IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA

BUTLER                DOUGLAS               SARPY
SAUNDERS

IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA

CASS                  GAGE                  JEFFERSON
JOHNSON               LANCASTER             NEMAHA
OTOE                  PAWNEE                RICHARDSON
SALINE                SEWARD

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ASHLAND, AUBURN, BEATRICE, BELLEVUE,
CLARINDA, COUNCIL BLUFFS, CRETE, DAVID CITY, FAIRBURY,
FALLS CITY, FARRAGUT, GLENWOOD, HAMBURG, LA VISTA, LINCOLN,
MILFORD, NEBRASKA CITY, OMAHA, PAPILLION, PAWNEE CITY,
PLATTSMOUTH, RED OAK, SEWARD, SHENANDOAH, SIDNEY, STERLING,
TABLE ROCK, TABOR, TECUMSEH, WAHOO, WILBER, AND YUTAN.

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