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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN WAPELLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 645 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 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALBIA…OR 26 MILES WEST OF OTTUMWA…AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…ALBIA…OSKALOOSA…BUSSEY…BEACON…EDDYVILLE…
UNIVERSITY PARK…CHILLICOTHE…KIRKVILLE…KEOMAH VILLAGE…OSKALOOSA AIRPORT…OTTUMWA AIRPORT AND ROSE HILL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR…DESTRUCTIVE HAIL…DEADLY LIGHTNING…AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.