BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1110 PM CDT SUN AUG 8 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 1108 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 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COON RAPIDS…OR 53 MILES SOUTHEAST OF IDA GROVE…AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…GUTHRIE CENTER…PANORA…PERRY…BAYARD…BAGLEY…YALE…JAMAICA…LINDEN…DAWSON…RIPPEY…MINBURN AND BOUTON.

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.