BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
729 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BLACK HAWK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
EAST CENTRAL GRUNDY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 724 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 NEAR HUDSON…OR NEAR WATERLOO…AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
EVANSDALE…LA PORTE CITY…ELK RUN HEIGHTS…RAYMOND…
GILBERTVILLE…DUNKERTON AND JESUP GOLF COURSE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 57 AND 73.

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.