BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
730 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…
WEST CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 727 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR GLENWOOD…OR 23 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OMAHA…AND MOVING EAST
AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
MALVERN…EMERSON…MACEDONIA…SILVER CITY…
HASTINGS AND HENDERSON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. ALTHOUGH
NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY…IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED…ACT QUICKLY.
MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE…SUCH AS A
BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH…
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL…DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION…MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.