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BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
750 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
PAGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 746 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS OF 70 MPH OR HIGHER. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF ESSEX TO FARRAGUT TO HAMBURG…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
SHENANDOAH…ESSEX…COIN…CLARINDA…PIERCE RECREATION AREA…NORTHBORO…BLANCHARD…YORKTOWN…COLLEGE SPRINGS…HEPBURN…SHAMBAUGH AND BRADDYVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY…IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED…ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE…SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM