BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
224 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN CERRO GORDO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
WORTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 315 AM CDT

* AT 223 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 9 MILES WEST OF LAKE MILLS…OR 31 MILES NORTHWEST OF MASON CITY…AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…MASON CITY…FOREST CITY…LAKE MILLS…CLEAR LAKE…NORTHWOOD…MANLY…LELAND…SCARVILLE…FOREST CITY AIRPORT…JOICE…FERTILE…HANLONTOWN…MASON CITY AIRPORT…KENSETT…PLYMOUTH…ROCK FALLS AND GRAFTON.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 194 AND 218.

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.