BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
944 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN APPANOOSE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN LUCAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 941 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 CORYDON…OR 19 MILES WEST OF CENTERVILLE…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…ALBIA…PLANO…RUSSELL…MYSTIC…RATHBUN LAKE…MELROSE…RATHBUN…UDELL AND MORAVIA.

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.