BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
615 AM CDT TUE JUN 22 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN POWESHIEK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 645 AM CDT

* AT 613 AM CDT…TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEW SHARON TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WHAT CHEER…AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
BARNES CITY AND DEEP RIVER.

THIS STORM HAS A LONG HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS…FALLING TREES AND FLYING DEBRIS. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME…SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING.