Severe Weather

New Warning (Fremont, Mills, Montgomery and Page) until 10:15pm

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
PAGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN OTOE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 929 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS OF AROUND 60 MPH OR HIGHER. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM STANTON TO NEBRASKA
CITY…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
STANTON…SIDNEY…ESSEX…RIVERTON…FARRAGUT…SHENANDOAH…
VILLISCA…HAMBURG…CLARINDA…COIN…COBURG…PIERCE RECREATION
AREA…VIKING LAKE STATE PARK…WAUBONSIE STATE PARK…HEPBURN…
YORKTOWN…NORTHBORO…SHAMBAUGH…BLANCHARD AND COLLEGE SPRINGS.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
10 AND 20.

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.