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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 554 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 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MALVERN TO 6
MILES NORTHWEST OF ESSEX…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 40 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF OMAHA TO 58 MILES NORTH OF FALLS CITY…AND MOVING
EAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
RED OAK…STANTON…EMERSON…ELLIOTT…MACEDONIA…HASTINGS…
HENDERSON AND GRANT.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 59 NEAR MILE MARKER 41.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. ALTHOUGH
NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY…IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED…ACT QUICKLY AND
MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE…SUCH AS A
BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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