BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
149 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA
NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA
EASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA
* UNTIL 230 PM CDT.
* AT 149 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EMERSON…OR 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OMAHA…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
EMERSON…MACEDONIA…CARSON…ELLIOTT AND WALNUT
THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 46 AND 48.
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.