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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 939 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 WEBSTER CITY…OR 19 MILES EAST OF FORT DODGE…AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…BLAIRSBURG…GALT…WILLIAMS…ROWAN…DOWS…POPEJOY…BUCKEYE AND ALDEN.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 140 AND 166.

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.