BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1133 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 1132 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HUXLEY…OR 21 MILES NORTH OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING SOUTH AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…DES MOINES…WOODWARD…PERRY…POLK CITY…ANKENY…BONDURANT…COLFAX…JOHNSTON…DALLAS CENTER…ALTOONA…GRIMES…URBANDALE…PRAIRIE CITY…CLIVE…WINDSOR HEIGHTS…WAUKEE…ADEL…PLEASANT HILL…WEST DES MOINES AND DE SOTO.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 107 AND 160.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 68 AND 106.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 235 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 14.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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 THIS STORM…AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. TURN AROUND DON’T DROWN.