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Charles H MSgt HQ AFWA/DNTT
2W KOFF, near S 25th St & Capehart Rd, Bellevue NE 1618
CDT: Hail began, 3/4" - 7/8"
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE
...EVENT/REMARKS...
0424 PM BELLEVUE
NE 2 INCH HAIL
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SPC TORNADO AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
REPORTS
EVENT LOCATION REMARKS (CST)TIME 107 A200 BELLEVUE
NE (12 S OMA)
4/1524
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SEVERE WEATHER
STATEMENT
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES
FOR POTTAWATTAMIE...MILLS...DOUGLAS
AT 432 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE STORMS EXTENDED FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF CRESCENT TO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OFFUTT AFB...OR FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF OMAHA TO 13 MILES SOUTH OF OMAHA...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. A WEATHER OBSERVER REPORTED 2 INCH HAIL IN BELLEVUE AT 424 PM. AN EARLIER REPORT OF SOFTBALL SIZE HAIL WAS RECEIVED FROM JUST SOUTH OF OFFUTT AT 415 PM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF A
TORNADO...DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON
THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. AVOID WINDOWS AND GLASS DOORS.
CHERMOK
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