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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CARROLL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 859 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES WEST OF CARROLL TO DEFIANCE…AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE… MANILLA…MANNING…CARROLL…GLIDDEN…COON RAPIDS…ARCADIA…ASPINWALL…HALBUR…CARROLL AIRPORT…TEMPLETON…WILLEY…DEDHAM AND RALSTON.

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.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED…IMMEDIATELY MOVE TO THE BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM OF A REINFORCED BUILDING.