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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN BUTLER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
CERRO GORDO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 908 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 MASON CITY…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
MASON CITY…ROCKWELL…SHEFFIELD…GREENE…ALLISON…
CLARKSVILLE…ROCK FALLS…MESERVEY…THORNTON…SWALEDALE…
ALEXANDER…LATIMER…DOUGHERTY…AREDALE…HANSELL…DUMONT AND BRISTOW.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 167 AND 200.

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.

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.