BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1030 PM CDT TUE AUG 3 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN SARPY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 1028 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO TENNIS BALL SIZE…AND DAMAGING WINDS OF AROUND 60 MPH OR HIGHER. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COUNCIL BLUFFS…OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OMAHA…AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…COUNCIL BLUFFS…TREYNOR AND MACEDONIA.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 5.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 42 AND 56.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THE MAIN THREAT IS HAIL THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS 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.