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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
SARPY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
EASTERN SAUNDERS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 538 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS OF AROUND 60 MPH OR HIGHER. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WATERLOO…OR 15 MILES WEST OF OMAHA…AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…OMAHA…GRETNA…MILLARD…SPRINGFIELD…RALSTON…LA VISTA…PAPILLION…BELLEVUE…OFFUTT AFB…COUNCIL BLUFFS…TREYNOR…BOYS TOWN…CHALCO…CARTER LAKE…LAKE MANAWA STATE PARK…MCCLELLAND AND SILVER CITY.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 432 AND 454.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 8.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 42 AND 56.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 92 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 446 AND 466.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 77 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 100 AND 93.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR…DESTRUCTIVE HAIL…DEADLY LIGHTNING…AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAIN CAN QUICKLY FLOOD ROADS…SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM…AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.