BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
808 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN DODGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 805 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS
INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL UP
TO PING PONG BALL SIZE AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NICKERSON…OR 26 MILES NORTHWEST OF
OMAHA…AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS REPLACES THE WARNING
ISSUED AT 727 PM FOR PARTS OF DODGE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
FREMONT…BLAIR…ARLINGTON…NICKERSON…INGLEWOOD AND KENNARD.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…
HIGHWAY 275 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 153 AND 156.
HIGHWAY 77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 113 AND 117.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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