BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
722 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
MONONA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 721 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS OF 70 MPH OR HIGHER. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WINNEBAGO TO LYONS…AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…WHITING…ONAWA…MOORHEAD…UTE…LEWIS AND CLARK STATE PARK…KENNEBEC…RODNEY…BLENCOE…TURIN…CASTANA…MAPLETON…PREPARATION CANYON STATE PARK AND SOLDIER.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 100 AND 125.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS…PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS. THE WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES…AND MAY ALSO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND GLASS DOORS. CARS…BOATS AND MOBILE HOMES ARE NOT A SAFE PLACE DURING HIGH WINDS.