BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1229 AM CDT WED AUG 11 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT

* AT 1227 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF ADEL…OR 27 MILES WEST OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…ADEL…DALLAS CENTER…PERRY…WAUKEE…WEST DES MOINES…CLIVE…GRIMES…WOODWARD…URBANDALE…WINDSOR HEIGHTS…JOHNSTON…MADRID…POLK CITY…ANKENY…ALTOONA…DAWSON…VAN METER…MINBURN…BOUTON AND GRANGER.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 103 AND 142.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 71 AND 97.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 235 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 14.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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.

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