BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1247 AM CDT MON AUG 3 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
HUMBOLDT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN POCAHONTAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
CALHOUN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN SAC COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT

* AT 1244 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BRADGATE TO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MANSON TO LAKE VIEW…AND WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
SOMERS…
LAKE CITY…
HUMBOLDT…
DAKOTA CITY…
LIDDERDALE…
FORT DODGE AIRPORT…
RINARD…
MOORLAND…
THOR…
LANESBORO…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 142 AND 150.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS NORTHWEST IOWA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS…FALLING TREES AND FLYING DEBRIS. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME…SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING.