BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA

301 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…WESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…NORTHWESTERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…NORTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA…DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…SOUTHEASTERN SAUNDERS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…SARPY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 300 PM CDT…SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ARLINGTON TO NEAR ASHLAND…MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…OMAHA…COUNCIL BLUFFS…BELLEVUE…PAPILLION…LA VISTA…BLAIR…PLATTSMOUTH…RALSTON…GRETNA…ASHLAND…VALLEY…SPRINGFIELD…ARLINGTON…YUTAN…FORT CALHOUN…WATERLOO…CEDAR CREEK…KENNARD…ELKHORN AND MILLARD.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…

HIGHWAY 275 IN NEBRASKA NEAR MILE MARKER 167. HIGHWAY 30 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 432 AND 447. HIGHWAY 75 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 73 AND 114. HIGHWAY 92 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 459 AND 466…AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 462 AND 466. INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 37 AND 72. INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 5. INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 428 AND 454.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING.