BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
142 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NEBRASKA…
POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN IOWA…
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 215 AM CDT

* AT 137 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR ELKHORN…OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF OMAHA…AND MOVING EAST AT
30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
OMAHA…FORT CALHOUN…UNDERWOOD…MINDEN…CARTER LAKE…
BENNINGTON…NEOLA…BOYS TOWN…CRESCENT…
MCCLELLAND AND WASHINGTON.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…
INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 54 AND 66.
INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 8 AND 29.

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.