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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN MONONA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHERN BURT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
NORTHEASTERN DODGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 815 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS OF 75 MPH OR HIGHER. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF CRAIG TO
COUNCIL BLUFFS…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL
MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
OMAHA…BLAIR…COUNCIL BLUFFS…FORT CALHOUN…CRAIG…TEKAMAH…
TREYNOR…MODALE…MISSOURI VALLEY…MONDAMIN…UNDERWOOD…
MACEDONIA…CARSON…LOGAN…OAKLAND…PISGAH…MINDEN…PERSIA…
SHELBY AND MOORHEAD.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 448 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
100 AND 99.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 77 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
135 AND 136.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 48
AND 52.

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.