BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
558 PM CDT WED JUL 14 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WESTERN MONONA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN BURT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
SOUTHEASTERN THURSTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 557 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS OF AROUND 60 MPH OR HIGHER. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LYONS…OR 40 MILES SOUTH OF SIOUX CITY…AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
DECATUR…WHITING…ONAWA…LEWIS AND CLARK STATE PARK…BLENCOE…KENNEBEC AND TURIN.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 101 AND 120.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 77 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 142 AND 159.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR…DESTRUCTIVE HAIL…DEADLY LIGHTNING…AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAIN CAN QUICKLY FLOOD ROADS…SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.