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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WESTERN MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 837 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 12 MILES SOUTH OF PLEASANTVILLE…OR 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INDIANOLA…AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…KNOXVILLE…PELLA…KNOXVILLE AIRPORT…LAKE RED ROCK…MARYSVILLE…PELLA AIRPORT…HARVEY…HAMILTON…BUSSEY AND LEIGHTON.

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.