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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 245 AM CDT

* AT 152 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ADEL TO 7 MILES WEST OF INDIANOLA…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…DES MOINES…DALLAS CENTER…PERRY…WAUKEE…NORWALK…WEST DES MOINES…CLIVE…WINDSOR HEIGHTS…GRIMES…URBANDALE…CARLISLE…WOODWARD…JOHNSTON…PLEASANT HILL…POLK CITY…ANKENY…ALTOONA…BONDURANT…CUMMING AND SPRING HILL.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 109 AND 149.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 58 AND 101.

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.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS…AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. TURN AROUND DON/T DROWN.