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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN TAMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 544 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF REINBECK…OR 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WATERLOO…AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…DYSART AND TRAER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED…IMMEDIATELY MOVE TO THE BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM OF A REINFORCED BUILDING.