Severe Weather

New Warning (Monona)

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
454 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN BURT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
WESTERN MONONA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 530 PM CST.

* AT 450 PM CST…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 3/4 INCH HAIL…AND
DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES
SOUTH OF TEKAMAH…OR 28 MILES NORTHWEST OF OMAHA…AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
CRAIG…TEKAMAH…DECATUR…ONAWA AND WHITING

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
100 AND 120.

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.