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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…
NEMAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA…
OTOE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 507 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS
INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES SOUTH OF SYRACUSE TO JOHNSON…
OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 43 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LINCOLN TO 46
MILES NORTHWEST OF HIAWATHA…AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. NICKEL
SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THE DAMAGING WINDS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
NEBRASKA CITY…AUBURN…SIDNEY…HAMBURG…PERU…RIVERTON…
TALMAGE…DUNBAR…THURMAN…BROCK…BROWNVILLE…
JULIAN AND LORTON VILLAGE.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…
HIGHWAY 136 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 226 AND 240.
INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 20.

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.