BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
229 AM CDT SAT JUL 24 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BLACK HAWK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
BREMER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
EASTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
GRUNDY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 315 AM CDT

* AT 224 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NASHUA TO GRUNDY CENTER…AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…WATERLOO…SHELL ROCK…REINBECK…WAVERLY…CEDAR FALLS…HUDSON…DENVER…TRIPOLI…EVANSDALE…SUMNER…LA PORTE CITY…MORRISON…NEW HARTFORD…PLAINFIELD…DIKE…JANESVILLE…FREDERIKA…WATERLOO AIRPORT…READLYN AND ELK RUN HEIGHTS.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 56 AND 73.

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.