BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
901 PM CDT FRI SEP 2 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 857 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OF AROUND
60 MPH OR HIGHER. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT
CALHOUN…OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF OMAHA…AND MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
UNDERWOOD…MINDEN…PERSIA…SHELBY…AVOCA…MCCLELLAND…
NEOLA…PORTSMOUTH…TENNANT…HANCOCK AND NISHNA BEND RECREATION
AREA.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
17 AND 40.

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

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 58
AND 73.

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.