Severe Weather

New Warning (Otoe NE) until 5:15pm

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
448 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
JOHNSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA…
NEMAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA…
OTOE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 445 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS
INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES SOUTH OF DOUGLAS TO 10 MILES
WEST OF TECUMSEH…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 38 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF LINCOLN TO 44 MILES NORTHWEST OF FALLS CITY…AND
MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THE
DAMAGING WINDS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
NEBRASKA CITY…AUBURN…SYRACUSE…TECUMSEH…STERLING…COOK…
JOHNSON…TALMAGE…DOUGLAS…DUNBAR…BROCK…BURR…JULIAN…
CRAB ORCHARD AND LORTON VILLAGE.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 136 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 200 AND 230.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. ALTHOUGH
NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY…IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED…ACT QUICKLY AND
MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE…SUCH AS A
BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SATURDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…NORTHEASTERN KANSAS…NORTHWESTERN
MISSOURI AND SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA.