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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 300 AM CDT

* AT 203 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 9 MILES NORTH OF OGDEN…OR 26 MILES SOUTH OF FORT DODGE…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…BOONE…AMES…HUXLEY…BOONE AIRPORT…LUTHER…GILBERT…AMES AIRPORT…KELLEY…SLATER…SHELDAHL…CAMBRIDGE…MAXWELL AND COLLINS.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 103 AND 116.

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.