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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT

* AT 135 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GOWRIE…OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT DODGE…AND MOVING SOUTH AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…JEFFERSON…OGDEN…BOONE…MADRID…HARCOURT…
CHURDAN…DAYTON…PATON…BOXHOLM…DANA…PILOT MOUND…FRASER…GRAND JUNCTION…BEAVER…RIPPEY…BERKLEY AND LUTHER.

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.

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.