BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
833 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN PAGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 831 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 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOPKINS…OR 20 MILES NORTH OF MARYVILLE…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH. ONE INCH HAIL OCCURRED AT BRADYVILLE AT 833 PM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN PAGE COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THE MAIN THREAT IS HAIL ONE INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN ALSO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR…DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.