BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
906 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 902 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LOGAN…OR 29 MILES NORTHEAST OF OMAHA…AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
EARLING…HARLAN…DEFIANCE…IRWIN…WOODBINE…PORTSMOUTH…
DUNLAP…PANAMA…WESTPHALIA AND KIRKMAN.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 80 AND 91.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THE MAIN THREAT IS HAIL ONE INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN ALSO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR…DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.