BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1114 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN AUDUBON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 1112 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 GRISWOLD…OR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ATLANTIC…AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
LEWIS AROUND 1120 PM CDT.
CUMBERLAND AROUND 1130 PM CDT.
MASSENA AROUND 1135 PM CDT.
BRIDGEWATER AROUND 1140 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE WIOTA AND ANITA.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 53 AND 72.

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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES.