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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EXTREME EAST CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 802 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS
INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MISSOURI VALLEY TO LA VISTA…OR ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF IDA GROVE TO 6 MILES
SOUTH OF OMAHA…AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
COUNCIL BLUFFS…HARLAN…MISSOURI VALLEY…AVOCA…LOGAN…
OAKLAND…TREYNOR…WALNUT…SHELBY…UNDERWOOD…CARSON…
ELK HORN…MINDEN…EARLING…MONDAMIN…IRWIN…PERSIA…MODALE…
CARTER LAKE AND WOODBINE.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…
HIGHWAY 59 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 48 AND 85.
INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 43 AND 89.
INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 48.
INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA NEAR MILE MARKER 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.