Severe Weather

New Warning (Monona) until 11:45pm

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1058 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WESTERN MONONA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN BURT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
EASTERN CEDAR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA…
CUMING COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA…
EAST CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA…
STANTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA…
THURSTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA…
WAYNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 1054 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OF 65 MPH OR HIGHER. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WYNOT TO WINSIDE TO MADISON…AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…STANTON…WAYNE…PILGER…WISNER…PENDER…BEEMER…BANCROFT…
WALTHILL…WEST POINT…WINNEBAGO…LYONS…MACY…DECATUR…WHITING…ONAWA…LAUREL…8 MILES SOUTH OF WAYNE…OBERT…8 MILES SOUTH OF STANTON AND THE HIGHWAY 15 AND 32 JUNCTION.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 112 AND 125.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 81 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 143 AND 149.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 275 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 101 AND 97.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 77 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 136 AND 169.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 20 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 388 AND 398.

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.