BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
740 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 737 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CARSON…OR 34 MILES EAST OF OMAHA…AND MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE STORM WAS NEAR TREYNOR.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…OAKLAND…AVOCA…SHELBY…WALNUT…ELK HORN…HANCOCK…NISHNA BEND RECREATION AREA AND ELK HORN CREEK RECREATION AREA.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 34 AND 48.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 41 AND 67.

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.