BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
457 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
CENTRAL TAYLOR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 451 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BEDFORD…OR 18 MILES EAST OF CLARINDA…AND
MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
CORNING…SHARPSBURG AND PRESCOTT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. SEEK SAFETY INDOORS
UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

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.