BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1035 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 1032 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DENVER…OR 11 MILES NORTH OF WATERLOO…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
WATERLOO…CEDAR FALLS…HUDSON…REINBECK…EVANSDALE…LA PORTE CITY…DIKE…ORAN…WATERLOO AIRPORT…DUNKERTON…ELK RUN HEIGHTS…RAYMOND AND GILBERTVILLE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 56 AND 73.

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.

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.