Severe Weather

New Warning (Monona, Burt NE and Washington NE) until 8:15pm

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
743 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…
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN MONONA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 738 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS
INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR
SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF ARLINGTON…OR 26 MILES NORTHWEST OF
OMAHA…AND MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
TEKAMAH…CRAIG AND HERMAN.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 100 AND 101.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM…PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A
SHELTER…PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.