This warning includes the cities of Boone, Ames, Ankeny and the northern suburbs of Des Moines.

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
123 AM CDT MON AUG 3 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 215 AM CDT

* AT 119 AM CDT…LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WOOLSTOCK TO BOXHOLM TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SCRANTON…AND WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
KAMRAR…
GRAND JUNCTION…
FRASER…
BEAVER…
BAYARD…
STANHOPE…
RIPPEY…
OGDEN…
BOONE AIRPORT…
JEWELL…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 92 AND 145.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS WITH TREES AND POWER LINES REPORTED DOWN IN FORT DODGE…AND TREES DOWN IN ROLFE AND POCAHONTAS.

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.