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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA
SARPY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA
SOUTHEASTERN SAUNDERS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA
CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
NORTHERN FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA
WESTERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA
SOUTHWESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT.

* AT 113 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM EXTREME NORTHEASTERN COUNCIL BLUFFS TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF MILLARD…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES EAST OF OMAHA TO 15 MILES WEST OF OMAHA…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
OMAHA…COUNCIL BLUFFS…MILLARD…RALSTON…LA VISTA…GRETNA…
PAPILLION…BELLEVUE…OFFUTT AFB…SPRINGFIELD…CEDAR CREEK…
GLENWOOD…LOUISVILLE…PACIFIC JUNCTION…MURDOCK…PLATTSMOUTH…
MALVERN…MURRAY…WEEPING WATER…UNION…NEHAWKA AND AVOCA

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.