BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
418 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA
EASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA
SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA

* UNTIL 500 AM CDT.

* AT 415 AM CDT…TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR IRWIN…OR 59 MILES NORTHEAST OF OMAHA…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
ELK HORN CREEK RECREATION AREA…NISHNA BEND RECREATION AREA…PRAIRIE ROSE STATE PARK…WESTPHALIA…TENNANT…PORTSMOUTH…PANAMA…NEOLA…KIRKMAN…HANCOCK AND DUNLAP

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

STRONG WINDS FROM THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DAMAGE TO TREES AND BUILDINGS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. CARS…BOATS AND MOBILE HOMES ARE NOT A SAFE PLACE DURING HIGH WINDS.