BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1002 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BUTLER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 958 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF HAMPTON…OR 26 MILES SOUTH OF MASON CITY…AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
SHEFFIELD…HAMPTON…GREENE…ALLISON…CLARKSVILLE…SHELL
ROCK…GENEVA…HANSELL…AREDALE…DUMONT AND BRISTOW.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 159 AND 177.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME…GET OUT NOW…AND SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM…AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. TURN AROND DON’T DROWN.