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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN RINGGOLD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 459 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO TENNIS BALL SIZE…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF MOUNT AYR…OR 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…CRESTON…OSCEOLA…SHANNON CITY…CRESTON AIRPORT…TINGLEY…ARISPE…ELLSTON…BEACONSFIELD…AFTON…GRAND RIVER…THAYER…MURRAY…LORIMOR AND MACKSBURG.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 24 AND 39.

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.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!