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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN LUCAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 400 AM CDT

* AT 317 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES WEST OF WINTERSET TO 11 MILES EAST OF WINTERSET TO INDIANOLA…AND MOVING SOUTH AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…OSCEOLA…EAST PERU…TRURO…NEW VIRGINIA…MACKSBURG…LORIMOR…
MURRAY…THAYER…WOODBURN AND LUCAS.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 26 AND 55.

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.