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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
HUMBOLDT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 215 AM CDT

* AT 108 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF EAGLE GROVE TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EAGLE GROVE TO FORT DODGE TO 9 MILES WEST OF FORT DODGE…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
GOLDFIELD…EAGLE GROVE AND DUNCOMBE AROUND 115 AM CDT.
MOORLAND AROUND 120 AM CDT.
WOOLSTOCK AND OTHO AROUND 125 AM CDT.
WEBSTER CITY AIRPORT AND WEBSTER CITY AROUND 130 AM CDT.
LEHIGH AROUND 135 AM CDT.
STANHOPE…KAMRAR AND HARCOURT AROUND 145 AM CDT.
STRATFORD AND DAYTON AROUND 150 AM CDT.
BOXHOLM AROUND 155 AM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE BLAIRSBURG…WILLIAMS…RANDALL…PILOT MOUND…ELLSWORTH…FRASER AND GILBERT.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 122 AND 150.

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.