BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1016 PM CDT SUN AUG 8 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
GRUNDY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
HARDIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN TAMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 1013 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 8 MILES SOUTH OF ELDORA…OR 44 MILES WEST OF WATERLOO…AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…MARSHALLTOWN…CONRAD…GRUNDY CENTER…REINBECK…ACKLEY…STEAMBOAT ROCK…MELBOURNE…UNION…WHITTEN…LISCOMB…ALBION…WELLSBURG…HAVERHILL…MARSHALLTOWN AIRPORT…LAUREL…FERGUSON…BEAMAN…HOLLAND…STOUT AND LE GRAND.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 117 AND 123.

POWER HAS BEEN REPORTED OUT IN NUMEROUS LOCATIONS ACROSS NORTHERN STORY COUNTY.

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.