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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
938 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME NORTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...
  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  NORTHWESTERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...
  WESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...
  SARPY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 937 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS
  INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL UP
  TO PING PONG BALL SIZE AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PAPILLION...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  OMAHA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  OMAHA...COUNCIL BLUFFS...BELLEVUE...PAPILLION...LA VISTA...
  OFFUTT AFB...MILLARD...RALSTON...GRETNA...SPRINGFIELD...
  CEDAR CREEK...CHALCO...CARTER LAKE...
  BOYS TOWN AND CRESCENT.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 42 AND 61.
 INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 8.
 INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 439 AND 454.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 4107 9581 4098 9612 4115 9629 4135 9604
      4140 9597 4139 9594 4141 9593 4142 9571
      4118 9566
TIME...MOT...LOC 0237Z 225DEG 49KT 4116 9609
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN

$$

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