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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 840 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 EARLING TO CARSON…
OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 42 MILES SOUTH OF IDA GROVE TO 28
MILES EAST OF OMAHA…AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
HARLAN…AVOCA…WALNUT…SHELBY…UNDERWOOD…ELK HORN…MINDEN…
IRWIN…PERSIA…WOODBINE…NEOLA…PORTSMOUTH…PANAMA…
HANCOCK…WESTPHALIA…
KIRKMAN AND TENNANT.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…
HIGHWAY 59 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 58 AND 80.
INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 17 AND 48.

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.