BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1222 AM CDT MON JUN 8 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
NORTHERN NEMAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
OTOE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
SOUTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT.

* AT 1222 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STERLING…OR 27 MILES NORTHEAST OF BEATRICE…AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
UNADILLA…COOK…SYRACUSE…TALMAGE…NEBRASKA CITY…PERU…
HAMBURG AND SIDNEY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED…ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE…SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.