BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
423 AM CDT THU JUL 28 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
WESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 515 AM CDT

* AT 419 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OF AROUND 60 MPH OR HIGHER. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BLAIR TO OMAHA…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. THIS STORM PRODUCED ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 65 MPH IN CENTRAL OMAHA WHICH DOWNED A LARGE TREE LIMB AROUND 415 AM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…OMAHA…COUNCIL BLUFFS…MODALE…TREYNOR…MISSOURI VALLEY…UNDERWOOD…LOGAN…MINDEN…SHELBY…PERSIA…AVOCA…HARLAN…
EARLING…DEFIANCE…CRESCENT…MCCLELLAND…MAGNOLIA…NEOLA…WOODBINE AND PORTSMOUTH.

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.