BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
222 AM CDT SUN JUL 18 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN AUDUBON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 315 AM CDT

* AT 221 AM 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 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF EARLING…OR 33 MILES SOUTH OF IDA GROVE…AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…DENISON…MANILLA…MANNING…DOW CITY…ARION…SCHLESWIG…BUCK GROVE…DENISON AIRPORT…DELOIT…VAIL…ASPINWALL…WESTSIDE…ARCADIA AND BREDA.

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.

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.