BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
615 PM CDT SUN APR 12 1998

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
SOUTHERN BURT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA
NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
HERMAN BY AROUND 620 PM CDT
ORUM BY AROUND 630 PM CDT
SPIKER BY AROUND 630 PM CDT
BLAIR BY AROUND 640 PM CDT
TEKAMAH BY AROUND 650 PM CDT

* AT 612 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS 36 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN OMAHA OR 6
MILES SOUTH OF HERMAN MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS STORM PROUCED QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT 610 PM CDT 2 MILES SOUTH OF
HOOPER NEBRASKA.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...GREATER THAN 3/4
INCH IN DIAMETER AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS OF OVER 60 MPH. GET INTO
A SAFE BUILDING...AWAY FROM WINDOWS OR GLASS DOORS.

GW