BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1039 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…
CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA…
NORTHERN OTOE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1035 PM CDT…TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS OF AROUND 60 MPH OR HIGHER. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ELMWOOD TO COIN…AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. AT 1030 PM CDT…TWO INCH DIAMETER HAIL WAS REPORTED IN NEBRASKA CITY WITH THESE STORMS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…ELMWOOD…MURDOCK…FARRAGUT…SIDNEY…WEEPING WATER…AVOCA…SHENANDOAH…UNION…NEHAWKA…CLARINDA…ESSEX…MURRAY…COLLEGE SPRINGS…SHAMBAUGH…MANLEY…YORKTOWN…THURMAN…PIERCE RECREATION AREA…RANDOLPH AND TABOR.

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

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.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS…AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.