BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
941 AM CDT THU JUL 9 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN BURT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA
NORTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA
EASTERN MONONA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA

* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT.

* AT 939 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AROUND 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOORHEAD TO LYONS…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 34 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SIOUX CITY TO 39 MILES SOUTH OF SIOUX CITY…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
CRAIG…TEKAMAH…OAKLAND…BLENCOE…MOORHEAD…LITTLE SIOUX…WOODBINE…CASTANA…PREPARATION CANYON STATE PARK…PISGAH AND MONDAMIN

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

STRONG WINDS FROM THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DAMAGE TO TREES AND BUILDINGS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. CARS…BOATS AND MOBILE HOMES ARE NOT A SAFE PLACE DURING HIGH WINDS.