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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 907 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 JOHNSTON…OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…ANKENY…ALTOONA…BONDURANT…SAYLORVILLE…ANKENY AIRPORT…ALLEMAN…ELKHART AND MITCHELLVILLE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 128 AND 149.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 87 AND 102.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 235 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 4 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.