BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1225 AM CDT MON AUG 3 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
POCAHONTAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
SAC COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT

* AT 1222 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF HAVELOCK TO 10 MILES WEST OF VARINA TO 7 MILES WEST OF SCHALLER…AND WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
SCHALLER…
PLOVER…
HAVELOCK…
ODEBOLT…
VARINA…
NEMAHA…
EARLY…
ROLFE…
POCAHONTAS…
FONDA…

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS NORTHWEST IOWA.

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.