BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
233 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN BURT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA
NORTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA
SOUTHWESTERN MONONA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT.

* AT 230 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DECATUR…OR 39 MILES SOUTH OF SIOUX CITY…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
BLENCOE…PELICAN POINT STATE RECREATION AREA AND LITTLE SIOUX.

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.