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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EAST CENTRAL BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTH CENTRAL MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 345 AM CDT

* AT 254 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 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF BONDURANT…OR 23 MILES NORTHEAST OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…COLFAX…PRAIRIE CITY…NEWTON…MONROE…RHODES…VALERIA…MINGO…
MITCHELLVILLE…MELBOURNE…BAXTER…LAUREL…LAMBS GROVE…NEWTON AIRPORT…KELLOGG AND REASNOR.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 148 AND 175.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 99 AND 117.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! IMMEDIATELY GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM…AWAY FROM WINDOWS. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE AND INJURY ARE LIKELY. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES…AND SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTIVE WINDS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGE AND SERIOUS INJURY SIMILAR TO A TORNADO.

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.