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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 515 AM CDT

* AT 431 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 6 MILES EAST OF PLEASANTVILLE…OR 27 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…PELLA…NEW SHARON…OSKALOOSA…LAKE RED ROCK…PELLA AIRPORT…
HARVEY…MARYSVILLE…HAMILTON…BUSSEY…LOVILIA…LEIGHTON…
BEACON…UNIVERSITY PARK…KEOMAH VILLAGE…ROSE HILL…OSKALOOSA AIRPORT AND FREMONT.

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.