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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN OTOE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
SOUTHERN FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT.

* AT 149 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 9 MILES NORTH OF FARRAGUT TO 16 MILES NORTH OF SYRACUSE…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 29 MILES NORTH OF TARKIO TO 26 MILES EAST OF LINCOLN…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
SIDNEY…FARRAGUT…RIVERTON…NEBRASKA CITY…SYRACUSE AND HAMBURG

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.