Severe Weather

New Warning (Harrison, Monona, Pottawattamie and Shelby) until 8:15pm

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
733 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 731 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS OF 70 MPH OR HIGHER. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DECATUR TO HOOPER…AND MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…NICKERSON…TEKAMAH…ARLINGTON…MOORHEAD…PISGAH…KENNARD…MONDAMIN…BLAIR…MODALE…FORT CALHOUN…MISSOURI VALLEY…LOGAN…EARLING…PERSIA…DEFIANCE…MINDEN…UNDERWOOD…IRWIN…SHELBY AND HARLAN.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 17 AND 48.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 100 AND 99.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 275 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 137 AND 140.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 77 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 117 AND 126.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 52 AND 91.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS…PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS. THE WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES…AND MAY ALSO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND GLASS DOORS. CARS…BOATS AND MOBILE HOMES ARE NOT A SAFE PLACE DURING HIGH WINDS.