Severe Weather

New Warning (Thurston NE) until Midnight

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1106 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CUMING COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA…
THURSTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA…
SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 1200 AM CDT

* AT 1102 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS
INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF
WISNER TO BEEMER…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 26 MILES EAST OF
NORFOLK TO 44 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS…AND MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
PENDER…WALTHILL…BEEMER…BANCROFT…ROSALIE AND THURSTON.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…
HIGHWAY 275 NEAR MILE MARKER 106.
HIGHWAY 77 NEAR MILE MARKER 159.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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.