Severe Weather

New Warning (Fremont) until 8:30pm

There is also a warning up in Harrison County which wasn’t blogged on here.

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
748 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WEST CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA…
JOHNSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA…
WESTERN NEMAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA…
OTOE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA…
PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA…
NORTHWESTERN RICHARDSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 746 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 WEEPING WATER TO 8 MILES WEST OF PAWNEE CITY…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…SYRACUSE…TECUMSEH…AVOCA…COOK…TABLE ROCK…NEHAWKA…TALMAGE…MURRAY…JOHNSON…UNION…HUMBOLDT…NEBRASKA CITY…AUBURN…STELLA…STEINAUER…OTOE…ELK CREEK…DUNBAR…LORTON VILLAGE AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF JOHNSON.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 136 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 200 AND 230.

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.