BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1045 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1040 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WAUKEE…OR 13 MILES WEST OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…CLIVE…GRIMES…WINDSOR HEIGHTS…URBANDALE…JOHNSTON…POLK CITY…ANKENY…ALTOONA…BONDURANT…SAYLORVILLE LAKE…SAYLORVILLE…ANKENY AIRPORT…ALLEMAN AND ELKHART.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 116 AND 149.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 69 AND 102.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 235 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 14.

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.