BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
359 AM CDT THU JUL 28 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN BURT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
SOUTHEASTERN DODGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
NORTHEASTERN SAUNDERS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 445 AM CDT

* AT 358 AM 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 INGLEWOOD TO YUTAN…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THIS STORM PRODUCED WIND GUSTS OF 57 MPH AT 358 AM AT THE NWS NEAR VALLEY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…OMAHA…WATERLOO…NICKERSON…ELKHORN…ARLINGTON…KENNARD…BLAIR…FORT CALHOUN…MODALE…MISSOURI VALLEY…MONDAMIN…LOGAN…PISGAH…WASHINGTON…BENNINGTON…HERMAN…WILSON ISLAND STATE PARK…DESOTO BEND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE…PELICAN POINT STATE RECREATION AREA AND LITTLE SIOUX.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 71 AND 99.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 92 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 462 AND 466.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 275 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 153 AND 167.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 77 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 112 AND 117.

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.