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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN KOSSUTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN PALO ALTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHERN POCAHONTAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 746 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 10 MILES WEST OF ALGONA TO POCAHONTAS…AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
ALGONA…WEST BEND…ROLFE…OTTOSEN…BRADGATE…BODE…
LIVERMORE…RUTLAND AND WESLEY.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. 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.