Severe Weather

New Warning (Sarpy NE and Cass NE) until 12:30am

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1152 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CASS COUNTY IN EASTERN NEBRASKA…
NORTHEASTERN LANCASTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA…
SARPY COUNTY IN EASTERN NEBRASKA…
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN SAUNDERS COUNTY IN EASTERN NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 1148 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS
INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL UP
TO PING PONG BALL SIZE AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WAVERLY…OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF
LINCOLN…AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
WAVERLY…GRETNA…ASHLAND…SPRINGFIELD…LOUISVILLE…
GREENWOOD…CEDAR CREEK…MURDOCK…CERESCO…MANLEY…DAVEY…
ALVO…
MEMPHIS AND SOUTH BEND.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…
HIGHWAY 77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 77 AND 82.
INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 405 AND 440.

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 200 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN IOWA AND SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA