BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1030 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
LUCAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1029 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHARITON TO 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEON TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF LEON…AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…CHARITON…CORYDON…GARDEN GROVE…PLEASANTON…LUCAS…HUMESTON…DERBY…CHARITON AIRPORT…WILLIAMSON…LINEVILLE…MILLERTON…CLIO…RUSSELL AND ALLERTON.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 6 AND 8.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED…IMMEDIATELY MOVE TO THE BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM OF A REINFORCED BUILDING.