BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1130 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
EAST CENTRAL WRIGHT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 1126 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 5 MILES SOUTH OF BELMOND…OR 33 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MASON CITY…AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
HAMPTON…ROWAN…ALEXANDER…COULTER…LATIMER…GENEVA AND
HANSELL.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 161 AND 175.

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.