BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
432 AM CDT TUE JUN 22 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN RINGGOLD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 515 AM CDT

* AT 428 AM CDT…EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CRESTON TO 11 MILES NORTH OF MOUNT AYR…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
LORIMOR AND THAYER AROUND 445 AM CDT.
WELDON…VAN WERT AND MURRAY AROUND 450 AM CDT.
TRURO…EAST PERU AND OSCEOLA AROUND 455 AM CDT.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 23 AND 43.

THIS STORM DAMAGED THE ROOF OF A HOUSE NEAR GRAVITY ABOUT 410 AM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! IMMEDIATELY GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM…AWAY FROM WINDOWS. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE AND INJURY ARE LIKELY. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES…AND SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTIVE WINDS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGE AND SERIOUS INJURY SIMILAR TO A TORNADO.