Severe Weather

New Warning (Monona, Burt NE and Thurston NE) until 7:45pm

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
718 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN BURT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
NORTHWESTERN MONONA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN THURSTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 713 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS
INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR DECATUR…OR 37 MILES SOUTH OF SIOUX CITY…AND
MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
WHITING AND DECATUR.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 112 AND 125.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM…PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A
SHELTER…PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.