BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1138 PM CDT TUE AUG 3 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 1136 PM 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 WINTERSET…OR 26 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…NORWALK…INDIANOLA…CARLISLE…EAST PERU…PATTERSON…TRURO…ST. CHARLES…BEVINGTON…CUMMING…NEW VIRGINIA…ST. MARYS…MARTENSDALE…SPRING HILL AND ACKWORTH.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 45 AND 65.

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.