BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
916 PM CDT FRI JUN 18 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
APPANOOSE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 912 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE STORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLOOMFIELD TO 14 MILES SOUTH OF CENTERVILLE…AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
BLOOMFIELD…DRAKESVILLE…CENTERVILLE…AND PULASKI.

60 MPH WINDS AND QUARTER SIZED HAIL HAVE RECENTLY BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM IN SEYMOUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME…GET OUT NOW…AND SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED…IMMEDIATELY MOVE TO THE BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM OF A REINFORCED BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS…AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. TURN AROUND DON’T DROWN.