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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WEST CENTRAL BUTLER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN CERRO GORDO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 901 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 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHEFFIELD…OR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MASON CITY…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…SHEFFIELD…HAMPTON…LATIMER…COULTER…HANSELL AND AREDALE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 167 AND 188.

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.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS…DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING CONTINUOUSLY WITH THIS STORM.