BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
743 PM CDT FRI JUL 16 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WEST CENTRAL CERRO GORDO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
EAST CENTRAL HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 739 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GARNER…OR 18 MILES WEST OF MASON CITY…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…VENTURA AND SWALEDALE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 181 AND 191.

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.