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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 846 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HUXLEY…OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF AMES…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…AMES…HUXLEY…NEVADA…STORY CITY…KELLEY…CAMBRIDGE…AMES AIRPORT…GILBERT…ROLAND…MCCALLSBURG AND ZEARING.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 103 AND 126.

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.