BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
534 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
EASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT.
* AT 531 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 3/4 INCH HAIL…AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
MACEDONIA…OR 27 MILES EAST OF OMAHA…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 32
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
MACEDONIA…CARSON…OAKLAND…ELLIOTT AND WALNUT…
THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 41
AND 58.
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.
WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. FOR YOUR PROTECTION…GO TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND
GLASS DOORS.