BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
615 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
NORTH CENTRAL POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 611 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOGAN…OR 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF OMAHA…AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…PERSIA…MINDEN…SHELBY…AVOCA…NEOLA…TENNANT AND NISHNA BEND RECREATION AREA.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 27 AND 40.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 66 AND 73.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY…IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED…ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE…SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.