BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1211 AM CDT MON AUG 8 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
SAC COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT 1207 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTH OF CORRECTIONVILLE TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF UTE TO 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF UTE…AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…DENISON…ODEBOLT…LAKE VIEW…SAC CITY…MANILLA…RICKETTS…CHARTER OAK…SCHLESWIG…KIRON…DELOIT…DOW CITY…ARION…DENISON AIRPORT…VAIL…BUCK GROVE…WALL LAKE…WESTSIDE…ARCADIA…BREDA AND AUBURN.

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 THESE STORMS…AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. TURN AROUND DON/T DROWN.