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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
WESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN PAGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA…
EASTERN SARPY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 741 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 65 MPH OR HIGHER. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM UNDERWOOD TO GLENWOOD TO MURRAY…AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
GLENWOOD…MINDEN…TREYNOR…MALVERN…AVOCA…OAKLAND…
MACEDONIA…CARSON…EMERSON…WALNUT…RED OAK…ELLIOTT…
ESSEX…SHENANDOAH…SILVER CITY…HASTINGS…TABOR…THURMAN…HANCOCK AND HENDERSON.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 17 AND 8.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 20 AND 56.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 41 AND 66.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS…PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS. THE WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES…AND MAY ALSO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND GLASS DOORS. CARS…BOATS AND MOBILE HOMES ARE NOT A SAFE PLACE DURING HIGH WINDS.