BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
830 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
HUMBOLDT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN KOSSUTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 825 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 10 MILES EAST OF ALGONA TO 10 MILES WEST OF HUMBOLDT…AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
HUMBOLDT…DAKOTA CITY…EAGLE GROVE…LU VERNE…CORWITH…
HARDY…RENWICK…BADGER…KANAWHA…THOR…GOLDFIELD…VINCENT…KLEMME AND GOODELL.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED…IMMEDIATELY MOVE TO THE BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM OF A REINFORCED BUILDING.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS…DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING CONTINUOUSLY WITH THIS STORM.