BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1129 PM CDT TUE JUL 7 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT.

* AT 1128 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF WINNEBAGO…OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SIOUX CITY…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
WINNEBAGO…WALTHILL…WHITING…MACY AND DECATUR

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.