BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1030 AM CDT FRI JUN 18 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
POWESHIEK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
TAMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT

* AT 1024 AM CDT…LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARSHALLTOWN TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF PRAIRIE CITY…AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WINDS OVER 70 MPH AND TREE DAMAGE.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
MARSHALLTOWN…NEWTON…MONROE…GRINNELL…TOLEDO…TAMA…
MONTEZUMA…BROOKLYN…MARSHALLTOWN AIRPORT…LAMBS GROVE…HAVERHILL…NEWTON AIRPORT…LAUREL…REASNOR…FERGUSON…KELLOGG…LE GRAND…GLADBROOK…GILMAN AND GARWIN.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 150 AND 204.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! IMMEDIATELY GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM…AWAY FROM WINDOWS. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE AND INJURY ARE LIKELY. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES…AND SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTIVE WINDS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGE AND SERIOUS INJURY SIMILAR TO A TORNADO.