BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1218 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT

* AT 1213 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS
INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZED HAIL AND 60 MPH WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
TEKAMAH…OR 42 MILES NORTH OF OMAHA…AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
ONAWA…TEKAMAH…WHITING…DECATUR…MONDAMIN…UTE…PISGAH…
CRAIG…MOORHEAD…WOODBINE…BLENCOE…LITTLE SIOUX…SOLDIER…
MAGNOLIA…
CASTANA AND TURIN.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 89 AND 120.

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.