BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
809 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN CERRO GORDO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN HARDIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 804 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLEAR LAKE
TO 8 MILES NORTH OF JEWELL…AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
IOWA FALLS…ROCKWELL…SHEFFIELD…HAMPTON…ELDORA…THORNTON…
POPEJOY…SWALEDALE…LATIMER…COULTER…ALDEN…BUCKEYE…
OWASA…GENEVA…HANSELL…DOUGHERTY…ACKLEY AND STEAMBOAT ROCK.

WIND DAMAGE COULD OCCUR OUT AHEAD OF THE MAIN STORM.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 137 AND 190.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A
MOBILE HOME…GET OUT NOW…AND SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED
BUILDING.