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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN MONONA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
BURT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
NORTHERN COLFAX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA…
CUMING COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA…
NORTHERN DODGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
EASTERN STANTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA…
SOUTHERN THURSTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA…
NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 353 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL…AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS OF 70 MPH OR HIGHER. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LEIGH TO NICKERSON…AND
MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
SCRIBNER…HOWELLS…SNYDER…DODGE…UEHLING…WEST POINT…
CRAIG…TEKAMAH…BEEMER…PILGER…WISNER…LYONS…BANCROFT…
DECATUR…DEAD TIMBER STATE RECREATION AREA…8 MILES SOUTH OF
STANTON…HERMAN…THE HIGHWAY 15 AND 32 JUNCTION…10 MILES WEST
OF WEST POINT AND SUMMIT LAKE STATE RECREATION AREA.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 275 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
101 AND 97.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 77 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
135 AND 159.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY…IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED…ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE…SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.