BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
812 PM CDT SUN AUG 8 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN MONONA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
CENTRAL THURSTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 811 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WALTHILL…OR 26 MILES SOUTH OF SIOUX CITY…AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN THURSTON AND NORTHWESTERN MONONA COUNTIES.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 120 AND 125.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME…A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS…MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.