BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
820 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN APPANOOSE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
WAPELLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 900 AM CDT

* AT 816 AM 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 NORTH OF CENTERVILLE…AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
OTTUMWA…ALBIA…ELDON…MORAVIA…UNIONVILLE…BLAKESBURG…
DRAKESVILLE…CHILLICOTHE…OTTUMWA AIRPORT…FLORIS AND AGENCY.

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.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM…AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS. TURN AROUND DON/T DROWN.