BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1228 AM CDT WED JUN 23 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BUTLER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
GRUNDY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
HARDIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT

* AT 1226 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENE TO 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF IOWA FALLS TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF IOWA FALLS…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
ALLISON…APLINGTON…CLARKSVILLE…ELDORA…PARKERSBURG…SHELL
ROCK…GRUNDY CENTER…DUMONT…BUCKEYE…BRISTOW…ACKLEY…
OWASA…STEAMBOAT ROCK…NEW PROVIDENCE…WELLSBURG…STOUT…UNION…HOLLAND…NEW HARTFORD AND WHITTEN.

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.

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.