BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
444 AM CDT SUN JUN 27 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
APPANOOSE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
LUCAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 530 AM CDT

* AT 440 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHARITON…OR 37 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…ALBIA…RUSSELL…MELROSE…RATHBUN LAKE…MYSTIC…RATHBUN AND MORAVIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS…FALLING TREES AND FLYING DEBRIS. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME…SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING.

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.