BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
653 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CEDAR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA…
PIERCE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA…
EXTREME NORTHERN STANTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA…
EXTREME WEST CENTRAL THURSTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA…
WAYNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 651 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS
INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL UP TO PING PONG BALL SIZE AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
OSMOND TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF PIERCE TO HOSKINS…OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 36 MILES SOUTH OF YANKTON TO 41 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
PONCA TO NORFOLK…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
WAYNE…RANDOLPH…COLERIDGE…WINSIDE…HOSKINS…CARROLL…
LAUREL…BELDEN…MAGNET…OBERT…
MCLEAN AND SHOLES.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…
HIGHWAY 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 367 AND 398.
HIGHWAY 81 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 163 AND 186.

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.

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THESE
STORMS. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY…IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED…
ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE…
SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR