BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
149 AM CDT SUN JUN 27 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
CARROLL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT

* AT 144 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 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF CARROLL…OR 36 MILES SOUTHEAST OF IDA GROVE…AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…COON RAPIDS…JEFFERSON…GOWRIE…LANESBORO…RALSTON…SCRANTON…LOHRVILLE…CHURDAN…FARNHAMVILLE…PATON…DANA…GRAND JUNCTION AND HARCOURT.

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.