Severe Weather

New Warning (Harrison and Monona) until Midnight

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1119 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WESTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHERN MONONA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
BURT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
CENTRAL DODGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 1113 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
OF 70 MPH OR HIGHER. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM LYONS TO HOOPER…AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
CRAIG…TEKAMAH…MONDAMIN…PISGAH…MODALE…MOORHEAD…MISSOURI
VALLEY…WINSLOW…SUMMIT LAKE STATE RECREATION AREA…HERMAN…
PELICAN POINT STATE RECREATION AREA…BLENCOE…LITTLE SIOUX…
PREPARATION CANYON STATE PARK AND MAGNOLIA.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
100 AND 99.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 275 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
137 AND 140.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 77 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
126 AND 147.

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.