BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
810 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EAST CENTRAL ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 807 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 11 MILES WEST OF WINTERSET…OR 37 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
WINTERSET…EAST PERU…PATTERSON…TRURO…ST. CHARLES…
BEVINGTON…CUMMING AND MARTENSDALE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 44 AND 66.

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.