BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
648 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
EASTERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN PAGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 644 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF SIDNEY…OR 25 MILES NORTH OF TARKIO…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE STORM WAS ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RIVERTON…ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…ESSEX…MALVERN…EMERSON…RANDOLPH…PIERCE RECREATION AREA…IMOGENE…COBURG AND HASTINGS.

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.