BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
912 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
APPANOOSE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN LUCAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN WAPELLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 909 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALBIA TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF MERCER…AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…CENTERVILLE…SEYMOUR…BLOOMFIELD…ELDON…PROMISE CITY…RATHBUN LAKE…PLANO…MYSTIC…MORAVIA…RATHBUN…NUMA…BLAKESBURG…
CINCINNATI…UDELL…UNIONVILLE…EXLINE…MOULTON…DRAKESVILLE…AGENCY AND FLORIS.

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.