BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
311 PM CDT FRI AUG 20 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN APPANOOSE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN LUCAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 310 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHARITON…OR 42 MILES WEST OF OTTUMWA…AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…RUSSELL…MELROSE…RATHBUN LAKE AND MORAVIA.

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.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED…IMMEDIATELY MOVE TO THE BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM OF A REINFORCED BUILDING.