BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1016 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
EASTERN AUDUBON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
WESTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 1012 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 7 MILES
SOUTH OF COON RAPIDS…OR 23 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CARROLL…AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
EARLHAM…PANORA…DE SOTO…ADEL…JEFFERSON…PERRY…BAYARD…
LINDEN…REDFIELD…YALE…BAGLEY…RALSTON…SCRANTON…JAMAICA…
DAWSON…PERRY AIRPORT…MINBURN…RIPPEY…GRAND JUNCTION AND
BERKLEY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 69 AND 112.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS…FALLING TREES AND FLYING DEBRIS. MOVE
INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME…
SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING.

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.

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