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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN MONONA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
THURSTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 448 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL…AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS OF 70 MPH OR HIGHER. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HUBBARD…OR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SIOUX CITY…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT…WINNEBAGO…WALTHILL…AND MACY.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE ROSALIE.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 120 AND 125.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 77 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 155 AND 169.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.