BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
750 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
SARPY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
EXTREME EAST CENTRAL SAUNDERS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 748 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS
INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM VALLEY TO GRETNA…
OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 48 MILES EAST OF COLUMBUS TO 19
MILES SOUTHWEST OF OMAHA…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
OMAHA…BELLEVUE…PAPILLION…LA VISTA…MILLARD…RALSTON…
ELKHORN…GRETNA…VALLEY…YUTAN…FORT CALHOUN…WATERLOO…
CHALCO…BENNINGTON…BOYS TOWN…
WASHINGTON AND LESHARA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…
HIGHWAY 275 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 157 AND 167.
HIGHWAY 92 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 462 AND 466.
INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA NEAR MILE MARKER 1.
INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 439 AND 454.

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.