BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1032 PM CDT TUE AUG 10 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 1028 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 HUXLEY…OR 20 MILES NORTH OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…DES MOINES…POLK CITY…JOHNSTON…ANKENY…BONDURANT…ALTOONA…PLEASANT HILL…ALLEMAN…SAYLORVILLE LAKE…ELKHART…SAYLORVILLE…ANKENY AIRPORT AND MITCHELLVILLE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 131 AND 149.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 87 AND 113.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 235 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 6 AND 14.

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.

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.