BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
514 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 600 AM CDT

* AT 510 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS
INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COUNCIL
BLUFFS…OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OMAHA…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THE DAMAGING WINDS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
COUNCIL BLUFFS…TREYNOR…UNDERWOOD…MINDEN…
MACEDONIA AND MCCLELLAND.

78 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED WITH THIS STORM AT OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE
IN BELLEVUE NEBRASKA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…
HIGHWAY 59 NEAR MILE MARKER 41.
INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 43 AND 52…AND BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 54 AND 56.
INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 3 AND 23.

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.