BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1146 PM CDT SAT JUL 17 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN KOSSUTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
PALO ALTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
POCAHONTAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 1144 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL…AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EMMETSBURG…OR 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPENCER…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…LAURENS…POCAHONTAS…CURLEW…RODMAN…
WHITTEMORE…MALLARD…WEST BEND…PLOVER…HAVELOCK…OTTOSEN…ROLFE…VARINA…GILMORE CITY…BRADGATE…RUTLAND…FONDA…BODE AND LIVERMORE.

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.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! IMMEDIATELY GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. COVER YOURSELF. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES…AND SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. LARGE WIND BLOWN HAIL…AND WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTIVE WINDS…CAN CAUSE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE AND SERIOUS INJURY JUST LIKE A TORNADO.

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.