BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
430 PM CDT TUE AUG 10 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN POCAHONTAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 425 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROCKWELL CITY…OR 24 MILES EAST OF STORM LAKE…AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
POMEROY AROUND 435 PM CDT.
PALMER AND MANSON AROUND 455 PM CDT.
PIONEER AND CLARE AROUND 515 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE GILMORE CITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. SEEK SAFETY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED…IMMEDIATELY MOVE TO THE BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM OF A REINFORCED BUILDING.