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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN TAMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 400 AM CDT

* AT 312 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STATE CENTER…OR 39 MILES NORTHEAST OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…STATE CENTER…MARSHALLTOWN…ALBION…MELBOURNE…MARSHALLTOWN AIRPORT…HAVERHILL…LAUREL…FERGUSON…LE GRAND…GARWIN…MONTOUR AND GILMAN.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 117 AND 122.

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.