BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
444 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 439 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS OF AROUND 60 MPH OR HIGHER. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF AVOCA…OR 35 MILES EAST OF OMAHA…AND MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…OAKLAND…CARSON AND MACEDONIA.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 41 AND 58.

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.