Severe Weather

New Warning (Cerro Gordo, Hancock, Winnebago and Worth)

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
920 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CERRO GORDO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
WORTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 918 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE MILLS TO 4 MILES SOUTH OF FOREST CITY TO 11 MILES WEST OF GARNER…AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
LAKE MILLS BY 925 PM CDT…
KLEMME…JOICE…GARNER AND FERTILE BY 930 PM CDT…
VENTURA AND HANLONTOWN BY 935 PM CDT…
MASON CITY AIRPORT…KENSETT AND CLEAR LAKE BY 940 PM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS…FALLING TREES AND FLYING DEBRIS. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME…SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING.