BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
636 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN WAPELLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 634 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE
HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALBIA…OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF
OSKALOOSA…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
KIRKVILLE AROUND 645 PM CDT.
OSKALOOSA AIRPORT…FREMONT AND KEOMAH VILLAGE AROUND 650 PM CDT.
ROSE HILL AROUND 655 PM CDT.

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.