Severe Weather

New Warning (Mills, Pottawattamie)

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA
POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 639 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
PACIFIC JUNCTION…OR 21 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OMAHA…AND WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
GLENWOOD…
TREYNOR…
OAKLAND…
AVOCA…
WALNUT…

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.