BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
736 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 735 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 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OMAHA…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…PLATTSMOUTH…PACIFIC JUNCTION…GLENWOOD…MALVERN AND SILVER CITY.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 25 AND 42.

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.