BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
213 AM CDT WED JUN 23 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BLACK HAWK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN GRUNDY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 245 AM CDT

* AT 212 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CEDAR FALLS…OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF WATERLOO…AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
WATERLOO…EVANSDALE…WATERLOO AIRPORT…ELK RUN HEIGHTS…
RAYMOND…GILBERTVILLE AND DUNKERTON.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 59 AND 73.

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 AROUND DON’T DROWN.