BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
613 PM CDT TUE AUG 31 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CERRO GORDO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 611 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GARNER…OR 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MASON CITY…AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…MASON CITY…CLEAR LAKE…ROCKWELL…VENTURA…THORNTON…SWALEDALE…MASON CITY AIRPORT…DOUGHERTY…PLYMOUTH AND ROCK FALLS.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 179 AND 201.

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.