BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
919 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHERN PAGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 915 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 SIDNEY TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PERU…AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…FARRAGUT…SHENANDOAH…COIN…CLARINDA…NORTHBORO…BLANCHARD…YORKTOWN…COLLEGE SPRINGS…SHAMBAUGH AND BRADDYVILLE.

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