BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1053 PM CDT TUE AUG 3 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 1050 PM 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 13 MILES EAST OF ATLANTIC…OR 60 MILES WEST OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…GREENFIELD…STUART…EARLHAM…ADAIR…CASEY…MENLO…DEXTER AND REDFIELD.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 64 AND 105.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. SEEK SAFETY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS…FALLING TREES AND FLYING DEBRIS. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME…SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING.