BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
440 AM CDT SUN JUL 18 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
APPANOOSE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN LUCAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
WAPELLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 545 AM CDT

* AT 439 AM 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 SOUTH OF OSKALOOSA TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SEYMOUR…AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…OTTUMWA…CENTERVILLE…BLOOMFIELD…ELDON…
EDDYVILLE…MYSTIC…MORAVIA…RATHBUN…NUMA…KIRKVILLE…
CHILLICOTHE…BLAKESBURG…CINCINNATI…OTTUMWA AIRPORT…UDELL…UNIONVILLE…EXLINE…MOULTON…AGENCY AND DRAKESVILLE.

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.

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.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS…DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING CONTINUOUSLY WITH THIS STORM.

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.