BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
817 PM CDT TUE JUL 15 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN DODGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF OMAHA…
EAST CENTRAL SAUNDERS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
WEST CENTRAL POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT.

* AT 815 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
VALLEY…OR 16 MILES WEST OF OMAHA…AND MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
RALSTON…ELKHORN…VALLEY…WATERLOO…MILLARD…YUTAN…WAHOO AND
MEAD

MORE STORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE REST OF DOUGLAS COUNTY…AND WILL
LIKELY PRODUCE 60 MPH WINDS.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 446 AND 454.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
52 AND 54.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 92 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
456 AND 466.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 275 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
156 AND 167.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 77 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
93 AND 112.

HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS OR LARGER IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. GO
TO A SAFE PLACE INSIDE YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. 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.