BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
513 PM CDT TUE AUG 31 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
HUMBOLDT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN KOSSUTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN PALO ALTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN POCAHONTAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 512 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 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF POCAHONTAS…OR 27 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT DODGE…AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…HUMBOLDT…DAKOTA CITY…WEST BEND…OTTOSEN…RUTLAND…BODE…LIVERMORE…HARDY…LU VERNE…RENWICK AND WESLEY.

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.