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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 836 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES WEST OF WEBSTER CITY TO 5 MILES WEST OF
STORY CITY TO HUXLEY…AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
HUXLEY…STORY CITY…WEBSTER CITY…JEWELL…NEVADA…WEBSTER CITY
AIRPORT…RANDALL…CAMBRIDGE…KAMRAR…ROLAND…ELLSWORTH…
MAXWELL…MCCALLSBURG…BLAIRSBURG…COLO…COLLINS…RADCLIFFE…
ZEARING…HUBBARD AND BUCKEYE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 103 AND 146.

THIS IS A LONG DURATION WIND EVENT. WIND MAY GUST MULTIPLE TIMES
OVER A HALF HOUR. WINDS HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED TO 65 MPH IN BOONE
COUNTY WITH TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE.

THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BOONE AND
WEBSTER COUNTIES.

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.