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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN HARDIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 315 AM CDT

* AT 216 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JEWELL…OR 32 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT DODGE…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
STORY CITY AROUND 225 AM CDT.
ROLAND AROUND 230 AM CDT.
MCCALLSBURG AROUND 240 AM CDT.
ZEARING AROUND 250 AM CDT.
ST. ANTHONY AROUND 255 AM CDT.
CLEMONS AROUND 300 AM CDT.
STATE CENTER AROUND 305 AM CDT.
ALBION AROUND 315 AM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE RADCLIFFE AND COLO.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 116 AND 139.

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.