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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
HUMBOLDT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 457 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 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF MANSON…OR 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT DODGE…AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…HUMBOLDT…DAKOTA CITY…EAGLE GROVE…PIONEER…CLARE…RUTLAND…BADGER…THOR…HARDY…GOLDFIELD AND RENWICK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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.