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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 945 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 NEAR MADRID…OR 24 MILES NORTH OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…DES MOINES…HUXLEY…POLK CITY…NEVADA…GRIMES…JOHNSTON…URBANDALE…CLIVE…ANKENY…WEST DES MOINES…WINDSOR HEIGHTS…BONDURANT…ALTOONA…PLEASANT HILL…COLFAX…PRAIRIE CITY…SLATER…SHELDAHL…SAYLORVILLE LAKE AND CAMBRIDGE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 122 AND 161.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 67 AND 116.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 235 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 14.

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.

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.