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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 811 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WEST DES MOINES…OR 10 MILES WEST OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…DES MOINES…NORWALK…WEST DES MOINES…CLIVE…GRIMES…WINDSOR HEIGHTS…URBANDALE…CARLISLE…JOHNSTON…PLEASANT HILL…POLK CITY…MADRID…ANKENY…ALTOONA…BONDURANT…HUXLEY…COLFAX…DES MOINES INT AIRPORT…GRANGER AND SAYLORVILLE LAKE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 114 AND 158.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 62 AND 110.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 235 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 14.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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