Severe Weather

New Warning (Pottawattamie)

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
401 PM CDT TUE SEP 23 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT.

* AT 359 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 3/4 INCH HAIL. THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED OVER POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY…OR 36 MILES EAST OF
OMAHA…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 26 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL
AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY…

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.

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.