BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
740 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN POWESHIEK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN TAMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 739 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO TENNIS BALL SIZE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTH OF MARSHALLTOWN…AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…GRINNELL…TOLEDO…TAMA…LAUREL…FERGUSON…OAKLAND ACRES…GILMAN…GRINNELL AIRPORT…LE GRAND AND MONTOUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND EXTENSIVE PROPERTY DAMAGE. IMMEDIATELY SEEK SAFETY IN A REINFORCED BUILDING…AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.