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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 931 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JEFFERSON…OR 41 MILES SOUTH OF FORT DODGE…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…GUTHRIE CENTER…PERRY…PANORA…WOODWARD…DALLAS CENTER…ADEL…DE SOTO…WAUKEE…JAMAICA…YALE…DAWSON…BOUTON…LINDEN…MINBURN…MENLO…REDFIELD…GRANGER…DEXTER AND VAN METER.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 100 AND 121.

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.

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.