BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
956 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN LUCAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
RINGGOLD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
TAYLOR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 952 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WINTERSET
TO CLARINDA…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
LENOX…BEDFORD…OSCEOLA…MOUNT AYR…CRESTON AIRPORT…KENT…
NEW MARKET…LORIMOR…AFTON…GRAVITY…SHARPSBURG…THAYER…
ARISPE…CONWAY…SHANNON CITY…CLEARFIELD…MURRAY…DIAGONAL…
TINGLEY AND OSCEOLA AIRPORT.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 14 AND 43.

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.