BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
855 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
WESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT.

* AT 853 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST
DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES WEST OF EARLING…
OR 43 MILES NORTHEAST OF OMAHA…MOVING EAST AT 32 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
EARLING…DEFIANCE…IRWIN AND HARLAN

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 73
AND 85.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR A PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF A BASEMENT IS NOT
AVAILABLE…SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. GO TO
AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR
BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN IOWA AND NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA.