BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
933 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CALHOUN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
CARROLL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
SAC COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
* AT 930 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
DENISON…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
CARROLL…ODEBOLT…GLIDDEN…LAKE VIEW…SAC CITY…LAKE CITY…
ROCKWELL CITY…MANSON…TEMPLETON…VAIL…DEDHAM…KIRON…
WESTSIDE…HALBUR…ARCADIA…WILLEY…CARROLL AIRPORT…BREDA…
WALL LAKE AND RALSTON.
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.