BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
256 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
WESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA…
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
SARPY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
SOUTHEASTERN SAUNDERS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 252 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OF
AROUND 60 MPH OR HIGHER. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM GREENWOOD TO MURRAY…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60
MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
OMAHA…PLATTSMOUTH…CEDAR CREEK…PACIFIC JUNCTION…
SPRINGFIELD…GRETNA…OFFUTT AFB…PAPILLION…BELLEVUE…LA
VISTA…MILLARD…RALSTON…VALLEY…WATERLOO…ELKHORN…COUNCIL
BLUFFS…KENNARD…UNDERWOOD…FORT CALHOUN AND MINDEN.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 415 AND 454.

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

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
32 AND 72.

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

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.