802 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN AUDUBON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 802 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF COON RAPIDS…OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF GUTHRIE CENTER…MOVING
EAST AT 50 MPH.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM.

HAZARD…80 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED. EXPECT
CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO ROOFS…WINDOWS AND VEHICLES.
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
WEST DES MOINES…URBANDALE…CLIVE…WAUKEE…GRIMES…PERRY…
JEFFERSON…ADEL…AUDUBON…GUTHRIE CENTER…MADRID…STUART…
DALLAS CENTER…COON RAPIDS…GRANGER…GLIDDEN…PANORA…DE
SOTO…WOODWARD AND VAN METER.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 100 AND 121.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER…IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER…YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM…AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.