BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1019 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WESTERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA…
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
NORTHEASTERN LANCASTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA…
SARPY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
SOUTHEASTERN SAUNDERS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 1018 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OF AROUND 60 MPH OR HIGHER. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GREENWOOD…OR 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF LINCOLN…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
OMAHA…MURDOCK…ASHLAND…WEEPING WATER…LOUISVILLE…GRETNA…
SPRINGFIELD…CEDAR CREEK…MURRAY…MILLARD…PAPILLION…
PLATTSMOUTH…LA VISTA…RALSTON…OFFUTT AFB…BELLEVUE…PACIFIC JUNCTION…GLENWOOD…COUNCIL BLUFFS AND MEMPHIS STATE RECREATION AREA.

60 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS NEAR LINCOLN.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 414 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 25 AND 61.

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.