BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1054 PM CDT SUN AUG 8 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BLACK HAWK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
EASTERN GRUNDY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
TAMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 1050 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES WEST OF CEDAR FALLS TO 11 MILES SOUTH OF REINBECK TO 11 MILES SOUTH OF MARSHALLTOWN…AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…WATERLOO…CEDAR FALLS…HUDSON…TOLEDO…TAMA…DYSART…EVANSDALE…LA PORTE CITY…MONTOUR…GILMAN…TRAER…CLUTIER…ELK RUN HEIGHTS…RAYMOND…GILBERTVILLE…VINING…ELBERON…CHELSEA AND IRVING.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 56 AND 73.

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.