BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
933 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN CERRO GORDO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN WORTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 930 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF GARNER…OR 15 MILES WEST OF MASON CITY…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…MASON CITY…CLEAR LAKE…MANLY…MASON CITY AIRPORT…FERTILE…HANLONTOWN…PLYMOUTH…ROCK FALLS…KENSETT AND GRAFTON.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 189 AND 208.

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