BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
301 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA
SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT.

* AT 300 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF GLENWOOD TO 17 MILES SOUTH OF PACIFIC JUNCTION…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OMAHA TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF TARKIO…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
MALVERN…TREYNOR…EMERSON…MACEDONIA…CARSON…OAKLAND
RED OAK…STANTON…ELLIOTT AND VILLISCA

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND WINDS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER. FOR YOUR PROTECTION…MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND GLASS DOORS.