BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
105 AM CDT WED AUG 11 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 104 AM 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 BONDURANT…OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…COLFAX…PRAIRIE CITY…NEWTON…MITCHELLVILLE…VALERIA…MINGO…BAXTER…LAMBS GROVE…NEWTON AIRPORT…REASNOR AND KELLOGG.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 135 AND 173.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 87 AND 102.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 235 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 9 AND 14.

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.

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.