The first of possibly many warnings today

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
906 AM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 945 AM CDT.

* AT 905 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GLENWOOD…OR 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OMAHA…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
COUNCIL BLUFFS…TREYNOR…MACEDONIA…UNDERWOOD…CARSON…
OAKLAND…MINDEN…WALNUT AND AVOCA

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 3 AND 48.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 35 AND 56.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 41 AND 58.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA…PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS…LARGE HAIL…HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. GET INTO A REINFORCED BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND GLASS DOORS.