BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1220 AM CDT SAT JUN 26 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
HUMBOLDT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN POCAHONTAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT 1218 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF HUMBOLDT…OR 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT DODGE…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…FORT DODGE…HUMBOLDT…DAKOTA CITY…EAGLE GROVE…WEBSTER CITY…CLARE…HARDY…BARNUM…RENWICK…BADGER…THOR…FORT DODGE AIRPORT…MOORLAND…GOLDFIELD…VINCENT…DUNCOMBE…
WOOLSTOCK…BLAIRSBURG AND WILLIAMS.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 144 AND 149.

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.

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.