BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
956 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
PAGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA…
CENTRAL LANCASTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA…
NORTHERN OTOE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 952 PM CDT…A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS REPORTED PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS OF AROUND 60 MPH OR HIGHER. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LINCOLN TO FARRAGUT…AND MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…LINCOLN…FARRAGUT…SIDNEY…AVOCA…ELMWOOD…SHENANDOAH…UNION…CLARINDA…NEHAWKA…WEEPING WATER…WAVERLY…MURDOCK…GREENWOOD…MURRAY…ESSEX…EAGLE…YORKTOWN…ALVO…THURMAN AND MANLEY.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 401 AND 415.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 10 AND 25.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 77 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 57 AND 77.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY…IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED…ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE…SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA.