BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1018 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
EASTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA…
NORTH CENTRAL OTOE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA…
EASTERN SARPY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 1015 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS OF AROUND 60 MPH OR HIGHER. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PAPILLION TO AVOCA…AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…BELLEVUE…OFFUTT AFB…MURRAY…PLATTSMOUTH…UNION…NEBRASKA CITY…PACIFIC JUNCTION…GLENWOOD…SIDNEY…MALVERN…THURMAN…SILVER CITY…TABOR…RANDOLPH AND HASTINGS.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 10 AND 42.

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.