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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CALHOUN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN POCAHONTAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
WESTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 809 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEWELL TO LAKE VIEW TO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE VIEW…AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…CARROLL…LAKE CITY…ROCKWELL CITY…GLIDDEN…MANSON…GOWRIE…JEFFERSON…VARINA…YETTER…FONDA…JOLLEY…POMEROY…CARROLL AIRPORT…LIDDERDALE…LANESBORO…PALMER…LOHRVILLE…RALSTON…RINARD AND KNIERIM.

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.

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.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS…AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. TURN AROUND DON’T DROWN.