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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN THURSTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN MONONA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 541 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 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MACY…OR 33 MILES SOUTH OF SIOUX CITY…AND WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
MACY…
WALTHILL…
WINNEBAGO…

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.

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
544 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN DAKOTA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA
PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
WOODBURY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 542 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM JEFFERSON TO 4 MILES WEST OF
SALIX…AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
SLOAN AROUND 550 PM CDT…
HORNICK…HINTON AROUND 555 PM CDT…
MERRILL…CRAIG…LAWTON AROUND 600 PM CDT…
LE MARS…STRUBLE…SMITHLAND…MOVILLE AROUND 605 PM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA.