BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
926 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN EMMET COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN KOSSUTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN PALO ALTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHERN WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 922 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 7 MILES EAST OF FOREST CITY TO 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF EMMETSBURG…AND MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
GARNER…BRITT…ALGONA…BELMOND…TITONKA…WODEN…CRYSTAL
LAKE…LONE ROCK…FENTON…BURT…WESLEY…ALGONA AIRPORT…
WHITTEMORE…KLEMME…CORWITH…WEST BEND…KANAWHA…GOODELL…LU VERNE AND OTTOSEN.

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.

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.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS…AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. TURN AROUND DON’T DROWN.