BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
824 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN CERRO GORDO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
KOSSUTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
WORTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 822 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTH OF NORTHWOOD TO 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF BANCROFT…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
NORTHWOOD…LAKE MILLS…BUFFALO CENTER…BANCROFT…MANLY…FOREST
CITY…RAKE…SCARVILLE…LEDYARD…SWEA CITY…LAKOTA…
THOMPSON…JOICE…KENSETT…LELAND…FENTON…GRAFTON…LONE
ROCK…HANLONTOWN AND FERTILE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 196 AND 218.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED…IMMEDIATELY MOVE TO THE BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM OF A REINFORCED BUILDING.