BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1245 AM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA…
LANCASTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA…
OTOE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA…
* UNTIL 130 AM CDT
* AT 1239 AM 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 MURRAY TO PLEASANT DALE…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE STRONGEST PART OF THE STORM WITH LARGE HAIL IS MOVING THROUGH LANCASTER COUNTY AND THE STRONGER WINDS APPEAR TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORM NEAR WEEPING WATER MOVING THROUGH CASS INTO OTOE AND FREMONT COUNTIES. THESE ARE PRODUCING INTENSE CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
WEEPING WATER…ELMWOOD AND LINCOLN AROUND 1250 AM CDT.
NEHAWKA AND AVOCA AROUND 100 AM CDT.
UNION AROUND 105 AM CDT.
HALLAM AROUND 110 AM CDT.
PALMYRA…HICKMAN AND BENNET AROUND 115 AM CDT.
SIDNEY AND UNADILLA AROUND 120 AM CDT.
FIRTH…SYRACUSE AND PANAMA AROUND 125 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE CONESTOGA STATE RECREATION AREA…EAGLE…DENTON…BLUESTEM STATE RECREATION AREA…OLIVE CREEK STATE RECREATION AREA…SPRAGUE…THURMAN…ROCA…OTOE AND STAGECOACH STATE RECREATION AREA.
THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 390 AND 415.
THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 10 AND 24.
THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 77 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 43 AND 77.
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.
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS…CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER…IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER…YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.