BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1019 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…
NORTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN POCAHONTAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
EASTERN SAC COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 1017 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
SOUTHEAST OF SAC CITY…OR 22 MILES NORTH OF CARROLL…AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
ROCKWELL CITY…GOWRIE…MANSON…LAURENS…LYTTON…LOHRVILLE…
FARNHAMVILLE…RINARD…JOLLEY…FONDA…SOMERS…VARINA…
POMEROY…KNIERIM AND PALMER.

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.