BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
314 AM CDT TUE AUG 23 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
HARDIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 415 AM CDT

* AT 311 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EAGLE GROVE…OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT DODGE…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…IOWA FALLS…WEBSTER CITY…JEWELL…ELDORA…DUNCOMBE…WOOLSTOCK…WEBSTER CITY AIRPORT…GALT…KAMRAR…STANHOPE…BLAIRSBURG…DOWS…WILLIAMS…POPEJOY…ELLSWORTH…RANDALL…ALDEN…BUCKEYE…RADCLIFFE AND HUBBARD.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 127 AND 161.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IMMEDIATELY GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM…AWAY FROM WINDOWS. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE AND INJURY ARE LIKELY. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES…AND SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTIVE WINDS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGE AND SERIOUS INJURY SIMILAR TO A TORNADO.

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.