BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
428 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
NEMAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
EASTERN OTOE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
SOUTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT.

* AT 428 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEBRASKA CITY TO JOHNSON TO 24 MILES WEST OF JOHNSON…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 34 MILES NORTHWEST OF TARKIO TO 36 MILES NORTHWEST OF FALLS CITY TO 17 MILES EAST OF BEATRICE…AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
NEBRASKA CITY…JOHNSON…SIDNEY…PERU…HAMBURG AND AUBURN

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.