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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN LUCAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 500 AM CDT

* AT 417 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 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANOLA…OR 19 MILES SOUTH OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE… INDIANOLA…PLEASANTVILLE…CHARITON…KNOXVILLE…ACKWORTH… MILO…SANDYVILLE…LACONA…CHARITON AIRPORT…MELCHER-DALLAS…WILLIAMSON AND KNOXVILLE AIRPORT.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 47 AND 60.

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.