BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
843 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
WESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
WESTERN PAGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
EASTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA…
NORTH CENTRAL NEMAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA…
EASTERN OTOE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA…
EASTERN SARPY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 838 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OF
65 MPH OR HIGHER. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF WEEPING WATER TO PERU…AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
MURRAY…HAMBURG…PLATTSMOUTH…SIDNEY…OFFUTT AFB…PACIFIC
JUNCTION…RIVERTON…BELLEVUE…GLENWOOD…COUNCIL BLUFFS…
FARRAGUT…MALVERN…SHENANDOAH…COIN…ESSEX…EMERSON…RED
OAK…ELLIOTT…WAUBONSIE STATE PARK AND THURMAN.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
10 AND 43.

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.

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