BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1231 AM CDT SUN JUL 18 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
HUMBOLDT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN KOSSUTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN POCAHONTAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT

* AT 1228 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 10 MILES NORTH OF HUMBOLDT…OR 25 MILES NORTH OF FORT DODGE…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…FORT DODGE…HUMBOLDT…DAKOTA CITY…EAGLEGROVE…LIVERMORE…
RUTLAND…LUVERNE…PIONEER…CLARE…HARDY…RENWICK…BADGER…
THOR…FORT DODGE AIRPORT…MOORLAND…GOLDFIELD…VINCENT AND WOOLSTOCK.

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.