BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
845 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…
EXTREME WEST CENTRAL POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 840 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS
INDICATED ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF
DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DOWNTOWN OMAHA…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
DOWNTOWN OMAHA…COUNCIL BLUFFS…CARTER LAKE AND CRESCENT.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…
INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 47 AND 66.
INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 8.
INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 450 AND 454.

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.