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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN BLACK HAWK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
BREMER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
BUTLER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT

* AT 130 AM 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 8 MILES EAST OF HAMPTON…OR 29 MILES SOUTH OF MASON CITY…AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
GREENE…ALLISON…CLARKSVILLE…SHELL ROCK…WAVERLY…DENVER…
TRIPOLI…SUMNER…AREDALE…DUMONT…BRISTOW…PLAINFIELD…
JANESVILLE…FREDERIKA…READLYN AND ORAN.

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.