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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
WRIGHT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT

* AT 251 AM 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 6 MILES WEST OF FORT DODGE…AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
FORT DODGE…HUMBOLDT…DAKOTA CITY…EAGLE GROVE…WEBSTER CITY…CLARION…BELMOND…FORT DODGE AIRPORT…OTHO…BADGER…LEHIGH…THOR…VINCENT…DUNCOMBE…GOLDFIELD…WEBSTER CITY AIRPORT…WOOLSTOCK…KAMRAR…CLARION AIRPORT AND BLAIRSBURG.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 134 AND 154.

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.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM…AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. TURN AROUND DON/T DROWN.