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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
RINGGOLD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 746 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOUNT AYR…OR 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAMONI…AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE… LAMONI…LEON…TINGLEY…ELLSTON…KELLERTON…BEACONSFIELD… GRAND RIVER…LAMONI AIRPORT…DECATUR CITY…DAVIS CITY…VAN WERT AND WELDON.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 28.

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.