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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 804 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 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOORHEAD TO LOGAN TO KENNARD…
AND MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
PERSIA…EARLING…DEFIANCE…UNDERWOOD…HARLAN…SHELBY…
MINDEN…IRWIN…AVOCA…ELK HORN…WALNUT…DUNLAP…CRESCENT…
PORTSMOUTH…PANAMA…WESTPHALIA…TENNANT…NEOLA…KIRKMAN AND
NISHNA BEND RECREATION AREA.

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
66 AND 75.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 58
AND 91.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 70 MPH OR
GREATER AND WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. THIS
IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A
STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.