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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 549 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ANKENY…OR 14 MILES NORTH OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…BONDURANT…ELKHART…MAXWELL…VALERIA…MINGO AND COLLINS.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 145 AND 158.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 88 AND 102.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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