Lo and Behold the storm in question in the earlier post becomes severe!

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
113 AM CDT TUE AUG 4 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
NORTHEASTERN OTOE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
WESTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT.

* AT 112 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR UNION…OR 34 MILES SOUTH OF OMAHA…AND
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
NEBRASKA CITY…SIDNEY AND HAMBURG

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.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS…CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS NOW.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER…IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER…YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.