BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
456 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT.

* AT 454 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 3/4 INCH HAIL…
AND DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM VALLEY TO ASHLAND TO GREENWOOD…OR ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES WEST OF OMAHA TO 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
OMAHA TO 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF LINCOLN…AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
WATERLOO…ELKHORN…GRETNA…ELMWOOD…MURDOCK…MILLARD…
OMAHA…SPRINGFIELD…LOUISVILLE…WEEPING WATER…RALSTON…
PLATTSMOUTH…PAPILLION…OFFUTT AFB…MURRAY…LA VISTA…CEDAR
CREEK AND BELLEVUE

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 414 AND 454.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 92 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
462 AND 466.

HAIL OF 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. GO
TO A SAFE PLACE INSIDE YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
AND GLASS DOORS.

WINDS OF 60 MPH OR STRONGER ARE POSSIBLE. FOR YOUR PROTECTION…GO TO
THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.