BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1131 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…
SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
PAGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
EASTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA…
NORTH CENTRAL OTOE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT

* AT 1128 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS OF AROUND 60 MPH OR HIGHER. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEHAWKA TO 6 MILES EAST OF CLARINDA…AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…ESSEX…MURRAY…VILLISCA…PLATTSMOUTH…STANTON…MALVERN…PACIFIC JUNCTION…PIERCE RECREATION AREA…RANDOLPH…HEPBURN…IMOGENE…TABOR…COBURG AND VIKING LAKE STATE PARK.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 10 AND 32.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR…DESTRUCTIVE HAIL…DEADLY LIGHTNING…AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAIN CAN QUICKLY FLOOD ROADS…SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.