BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1005 PM CDT TUE AUG 31 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 1002 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 EAST OF MONROE…OR 32 MILES EAST OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…NEWTON…LAMBS GROVE…NEWTON AIRPORT…SULLY…LYNNVILLE…KELLOGG AND OAKLAND ACRES.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 159 AND 179.

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.