BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1236 AM CDT WED JUL 8 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN DODGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA
NORTHERN SARPY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA
EASTERN SAUNDERS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA
SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA
NORTHWESTERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA
WESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT.

* AT 1233 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF FORT CALHOUN TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARLINGTON…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 21 MILES NORTH OF OMAHA TO 28 MILES NORTHWEST OF OMAHA…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
KENNARD…ARLINGTON…FORT CALHOUN…VALLEY…WATERLOO…OMAHA…
RALSTON…PAPILLION…MILLARD…LA VISTA…GRETNA…ELKHORN…
BELLEVUE AND COUNCIL BLUFFS

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.