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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EMMET COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
HUMBOLDT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
KOSSUTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
PALO ALTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
POCAHONTAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 841 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TERRIL TO 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF WEBB TO ALBERT CITY…AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…ESTHERVILLE…EMMETSBURG…POCAHONTAS…ALGONA…
HUMBOLDT…BANCROFT…DAKOTA CITY…AYRSHIRE…WALLINGFORD…GRAETTINGER…ESTHERVILLE AIRPORT…CURLEW…HAVELOCK…GRUVER…MALLARD…PLOVER…
DOLLIVER…CYLINDER…ROLFE AND RODMAN.

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.