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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
WRIGHT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 936 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 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EAGLE GROVE…OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT DODGE…AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…CLARION…BELMOND…HAMPTON…CLARION AIRPORT…LAKE CORNELIA…GALT…ROWAN…DOWS…ALEXANDER…POPEJOY…COULTER…LATIMER…GENEVA AND HANSELL.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 151 AND 176.

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.