BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
727 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
DODGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
WEST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 723 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS
INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR
SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR NICKERSON…OR 31 MILES NORTHWEST OF OMAHA…AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE WARNING
ISSUED EARLIER FOR PARTS OF DODGE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. OTHER
STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN DODGE COUNTY NEAR AND NORTH OF
NORTH BEND.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
FREMONT…HOOPER…NICKERSON AND WINSLOW.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…
HIGHWAY 275 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 137 AND 153.
HIGHWAY 77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 117 AND 126.

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.