BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1126 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT

* AT 1125 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 NEAR
MADRID…OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AMES…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50
MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
AMES…BOONE…HUXLEY…NEVADA…STORY CITY…JEWELL…SLATER…
LUTHER…BOONE AIRPORT…KELLEY…CAMBRIDGE…AMES AIRPORT…
GILBERT…COLO…ROLAND…RANDALL…MCCALLSBURG…ELLSWORTH…
ZEARING AND ST. ANTHONY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 103 AND 141.

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.

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.