BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1020 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN GRUNDY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN HARDIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 1019 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 6 MILES WEST OF IOWA FALLS…OR 41 MILES EAST OF FORT DODGE…AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
IOWA FALLS…ELDORA…APLINGTON…OWASA…STEAMBOAT ROCK…
ACKLEY…WELLSBURG AND HOLLAND.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 137 AND 157.

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.