BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
618 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA
MONONA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 619 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF PISGAH…OR 37 MILES NORTH OF OMAHA…AND WAS MOVING
NORTH AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
MOORHEAD…
UTE…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED…ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE…SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.