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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN GRUNDY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN TAMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 439 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES WEST OF CONRAD…OR 44 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WATERLOO…AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
CONRAD…GRUNDY CENTER…REINBECK…UNION…ALBION…LISCOMB…
WHITTEN…MARSHALLTOWN AIRPORT…BEAMAN…GARWIN…GLADBROOK…
HOLLAND…LINCOLN…MORRISON AND DIKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. SEEK SAFETY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

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.