BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1040 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
GRUNDY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
HARDIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN TAMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1037 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRUNDY CENTER TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT DODGE…AND MOVING SOUTH AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
GRUNDY CENTER…ELDORA…REINBECK…JEWELL…CONRAD…STORY CITY…BOONE…MARSHALLTOWN…OGDEN…AMES…NEVADA…STATE CENTER…TOLEDO…TAMA…HUXLEY…BUCKEYE…STEAMBOAT ROCK…HOLLAND…KAMRAR AND LEHIGH.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 103 AND 150.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS…FALLING TREES AND FLYING DEBRIS. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME…SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING.

WIND DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM WILL OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN OR LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A REINFORCED BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS…AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. TURN AROUND DON’T DROWN.