Severe Weather

New Warning (Fremont and Page) until 6:15pm

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
543 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN PAGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 540 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS
INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES SOUTH OF SIDNEY TO HAMBURG…
OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF TARKIO TO 42
MILES NORTHWEST OF MARYVILLE…AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
SHENANDOAH…SIDNEY…HAMBURG…FARRAGUT…RIVERTON…THURMAN…
RANDOLPH…
IMOGENE AND NORTHBORO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH…
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL…DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION…MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SATURDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI AND
SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA.