BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1029 PM CDT SUN AUG 8 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1027 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 DALLAS CENTER…OR 22 MILES WEST OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…ADEL…WAUKEE…STUART…DE SOTO…EARLHAM…WINTERSET…REDFIELD…DEXTER…VAN METER AND PATTERSON.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 91 AND 121.

THIS REPLACES THE PREVIOUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR DALLAS AND GUTHRIE COUNTIES.

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.