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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN CERRO GORDO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 811 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GARNER…OR 17 MILES WEST OF MASON CITY…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…CLEAR LAKE…VENTURA…KLEMME…SWALEDALE…THORNTON AND MESERVEY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 180 AND 194.

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.