BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1124 PM CDT TUE AUG 10 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WESTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT

* AT 1123 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 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRISWOLD…OR 75 MILES SOUTH OF IDA GROVE…AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…GRISWOLD…ATLANTIC…LEWIS…ATLANTIC AIRPORT…CUMBERLAND…WIOTA…MASSENA…ANITA…BRIDGEWATER…ADAIR AND FONTANELLE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 68 AND 82.

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.