Severe Weather

New Warning South of Omaha in NE

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1118 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WESTERN SARPY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
SOUTHEASTERN SAUNDERS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
WESTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA…
NORTHEASTERN LANCASTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LINCOLN…

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.

* AT 1116 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS OF 60 TO
70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WAVERLY…OR 13 MILES
NORTHEAST OF LINCOLN…AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
WAVERLY…GREENWOOD…ASHLAND…ELMWOOD…MURDOCK…GRETNA…
LOUISVILLE…WEEPING WATER…SPRINGFIELD…NEHAWKA AND CEDAR
CREEK…

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 405 AND 439.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 77 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
77 AND 82.

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 OF 60 TO 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. FOR YOUR PROTECTION…GO TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND
GLASS DOORS.

This storm will cross the Missouri River into Mills and Fremont County by 12:30 AM.