BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1228 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTH CENTRAL CASS COUNTY IN EASTERN NEBRASKA…
SOUTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
SARPY COUNTY IN EASTERN NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT 1226 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS
INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SPRINGFIELD…
OR 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OMAHA…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THE DAMAGING WINDS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
BELLEVUE…PAPILLION…LA VISTA…OFFUTT AFB…RALSTON…GRETNA…
SPRINGFIELD…LOUISVILLE…CEDAR CREEK…
CHALCO AND SOUTH BEND.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 432
AND 454.

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 200 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN IOWA AND SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA.