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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA…
EASTERN SARPY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 818 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND
DAMAGING WINDS OF AROUND 60 MPH OR HIGHER. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR OFFUTT AFB…OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OMAHA…AND MOVING EAST
AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
COUNCIL BLUFFS…PACIFIC JUNCTION…GLENWOOD…MALVERN…TREYNOR…
MACEDONIA…EMERSON…CARSON…OAKLAND…SILVER CITY…HASTINGS…
HENDERSON AND MCCLELLAND.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 3
AND 8.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
32 AND 48.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 41
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.