BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1233 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN BURT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
DODGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT

* AT 1228 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS
INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR SCRIBNER…OR 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS…AND
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

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

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…
HIGHWAY 275 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 129 AND 140.
HIGHWAY 77 NEAR MILE MARKER 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.