BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
900 PM CDT SUN AUG 8 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 859 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES EAST OF MANSON TO GOWRIE TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JEFFERSON…AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…FORT DODGE…JEFFERSON…OGDEN…BOONE…WEBSTER CITY…MADRID…JEWELL…STORY CITY…AMES…MOORLAND…PATON…DANA…HARCOURT…FORT DODGE AIRPORT…GRAND JUNCTION…OTHO…BADGER…BOXHOLM…DAYTON AND BEAVER.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 123 AND 150.

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.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! IMMEDIATELY GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM…AWAY FROM WINDOWS. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE AND INJURY ARE LIKELY. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES…AND SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTIVE WINDS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGE AND SERIOUS INJURY SIMILAR TO A TORNADO.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS…AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. TURN AROUND DON’T DROWN.