BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1035 PM CDT SUN AUG 8 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
AUDUBON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1032 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DEFIANCE…OR 37 MILES SOUTH OF IDA GROVE…AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…MANILLA…MANNING…AUDUBON…COON RAPIDS…ASPINWALL…KIMBALLTON…GRAY…TEMPLETON…BRAYTON…AUDUBON AIRPORT…EXIRA AND DEDHAM.

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.

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.