BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1011 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 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…
NORTHEASTERN OTOE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 1007 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 SOUTHEAST OF FORT CALHOUN TO PLATTSMOUTH TO 6 MILES EAST OF SYRACUSE…AND MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…COUNCIL BLUFFS…GLENWOOD…NEBRASKA CITY…UNDERWOOD…MALVERN…
TREYNOR…SIDNEY…HAMBURG…RIVERTON…EMERSON…FARRAGUT…
MACEDONIA…CARSON…OAKLAND…SHENANDOAH…ESSEX…CRESCENT…THURMAN…TABOR AND SILVER CITY.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 17 AND 8.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 10 AND 61.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 41 AND 52.

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.