BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
912 PM CDT SUN AUG 8 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTH CENTRAL MONONA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
EAST CENTRAL BURT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 907 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 TEKAMAH…OR 39 MILES NORTH OF OMAHA…AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…PISGAH…PELICAN POINT STATE RECREATION AREA…LITTLE SIOUX…BLENCOE AND PREPARATION CANYON STATE PARK.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 100 AND 99.

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.