BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1247 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CASS COUNTY IN NEBRASKA…
EXTREME NORTHERN GAGE COUNTY IN NEBRASKA…
LANCASTER COUNTY IN NEBRASKA…
OTOE COUNTY IN NEBRASKA…
SARPY COUNTY IN NEBRASKA…
SAUNDERS COUNTY IN NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT

* AT 1245 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS
INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTH OF
WAHOO TO HICKMAN…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 33 MILES WEST OF
OMAHA TO 16 MILES SOUTH OF LINCOLN…AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
LINCOLN…WAVERLY…GRETNA…ASHLAND…HICKMAN…ELMWOOD…
BENNET…FIRTH…PALMYRA…GREENWOOD…UNADILLA…MURDOCK…
PANAMA…DOUGLAS…EAGLE…CERESCO…ROCA…ITHACA…
DAVEY AND ALVO.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…
HIGHWAY 77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 77 AND 87.
HIGHWAY 92 NEAR MILE MARKER 462.
INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 403 AND 432.

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.