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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 434 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 NEAR DE SOTO…OR 20 MILES WEST OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
DES MOINES…WAUKEE…WEST DES MOINES…CLIVE…GRIMES…
URBANDALE…WINDSOR HEIGHTS…JOHNSTON…DES MOINES INT AIRPORT AND SAYLORVILLE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 106 AND 137.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 67 AND 72.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 235 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 13.

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.