BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1008 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 1002 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 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GLIDDEN…OR 42 MILES SOUTHEAST OF IDA GROVE…AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…COON RAPIDS…JEFFERSON…RALSTON…SCRANTON…CHURDAN…PATON…
DANA…GRAND JUNCTION AND RIPPEY.

AT 953 PM…62 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED BY THE AUTOMATED WEATHER STATION AT THE CARROLL AIRPORT.

THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GREENE COUNTY.

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.