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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
WORTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 459 PM CDT…TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE MILLS…OR 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF MASON CITY…AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…MANLY…NORTHWOOD…HANLONTOWN…KENSETT AND GRAFTON.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 203 AND 218. THE STORM HAS PRODUCED WINDS TO 54 MPH AT LAKE MILLS AT 458 PM CDT AND SOME TREE DAMAGE AT BUFFALO CENTER WITHIN THE PAST 20 MINUTES.

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.