BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1000 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
TAYLOR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
* AT 956 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 5 MILES
SOUTH OF CORNING…OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLARINDA…AND MOVING
NORTH AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
CORNING…GREENFIELD…CARBON…PRESCOTT…MASSENA…BRIDGEWATER
AND FONTANELLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS…FALLING TREES AND FLYING DEBRIS. MOVE
INDOORS 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.