BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1002 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BUTLER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
GRUNDY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
HARDIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
HUMBOLDT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
WRIGHT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 1001 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 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENE TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF DAKOTA CITY…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
FORT DODGE…HUMBOLDT…DAKOTA CITY…HAMPTON…CLARION…
ALLISON…EAGLE GROVE…APLINGTON…PARKERSBURG…IOWA FALLS…
WEBSTER CITY…ELDORA…GRUNDY CENTER…JEWELL…REINBECK…
LATIMER…BRISTOW…HANSELL…CLARION AIRPORT AND GOLDFIELD.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 133 AND 178.

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