BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
649 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
EASTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 645 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL…AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF OAKLAND…OR 71 MILES SOUTH OF IDA GROVE…AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
GREENFIELD…WIOTA…CUMBERLAND…ANITA…CARBON…MASSENA…
ADAIR…BRIDGEWATER…FONTANELLE…ORIENT…PRESCOTT AND CROMWELL.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 63 AND 93.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY…IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED…ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE…SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.