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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 903 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
NORTHEAST OF BELMOND…OR 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MASON CITY…AND
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
SHEFFIELD…ROCKWELL…ALEXANDER…THORNTON…SWALEDALE…HANSELL
AND DOUGHERTY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 169 AND 190.

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.