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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA
PAGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 717 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 5 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF COIN…OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF TARKIO…AND WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
STANTON…
VILLISCA…
RED OAK…
ELLIOTT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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.

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME ROTATION WITH THIS STORM. WHILE NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY…A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. 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.