BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
523 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
  EASTERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
  SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT.

* AT 520 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
  HAIL…AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS OF 70 TO 80 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF TREYNOR TO
  MALVERN…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 22 MILES EAST OF OMAHA TO
  28 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OMAHA…AND MOVING EAST AT 53 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
  EMERSON…MACEDONIA…CARSON…OAKLAND…RED OAK…ELLIOTT…
  STANTON AND VILLISCA…

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE IN THE
OMAHA AND COUNCIL BLUFFS AREA.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA…PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS…LARGE
HAIL…HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. GET INTO A REINFORCED
BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND GLASS DOORS.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH AND WIDESPREAD DAMAGE ARE POSSIBLE. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION…GO TO THE BASEMENT. IF A BASEMENT IS NOT
AVAILABLE…GO TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND GLASS DOORS.

LAT…LON 4095 9574 4137 9567 4144 9516 4117 9515
      4117 9494 4116 9493 4091 9493
TIME…MOT…LOC 2223Z 277DEG 46KT 4131 9554 4104 9551

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MAYES