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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHERN RINGGOLD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 528 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 CRESTON TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
LENOX TO 12 MILES SOUTH OF LENOX…AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
CRESTON…MOUNT AYR…CRESTON AIRPORT…BENTON…DIAGONAL…SHANNON
CITY…ARISPE…AFTON…TINGLEY…ELLSTON…KELLERTON…THAYER…
LORIMOR AND BEACONSFIELD.

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.