Severe Weather

New Warning (Mills, Montgomery, Pottawattamie and Shelby) until 9:30pm

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 837 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OF
AROUND 60 MPH OR HIGHER. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES WEST OF KIMBALLTON TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
TREYNOR…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
WALNUT…OAKLAND…ELK HORN…CARSON…MACEDONIA…ELLIOTT…
HANCOCK…SILVER CITY…ELK HORN CREEK RECREATION AREA…HENDERSON
AND GRANT.

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

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
42 AND 43.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 41
AND 73.

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.