BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
555 PM CDT TUE AUG 31 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
PAGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 551 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 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COIN…OR 9 MILES NORTH OF TARKIO…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS REPLACES THE WARNING FOR EASTERN FREMONT AND NORTHWEST PAGE THAT WAS SET TO EXPIRE AT 600 PM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…SHENANDOAH…COIN…CLARINDA…NORTHBORO…BLANCHARD…COLLEGE SPRINGS…YORKTOWN…SHAMBAUGH…BRADDYVILLE AND HEPBURN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS STORM HAS EXHIBITED SOME BROAD ROTATION. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS 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.