BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
215 AM CDT MON JUN 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
EASTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 300 AM CDT

* AT 210 AM 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 NEHAWKA…OR 30 MILES SOUTH OF OMAHA…AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…NEHAWKA…PLATTSMOUTH…MURRAY…UNION…PACIFIC JUNCTION…GLENWOOD…MALVERN…EMERSON…THURMAN…TABOR…RANDOLPH…IMOGENE AND HASTINGS.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 20 AND 35.

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.