BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
709 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BURT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
SOUTHEASTERN CUMING COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA…
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN DODGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 704 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS
INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR
SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR SNYDER…OR 33 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS…AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
UEHLING…CRAIG AND OAKLAND.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 135 AND 142.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE 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.