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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN RINGGOLD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 916 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF LAMONI…OR 70 MILES SOUTH OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
LAMONI…LAMONI AIRPORT…DAVIS CITY AND PLEASANTON.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 8.

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.