BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
847 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 843 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 80 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CARROLL…AND MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
FORT DODGE…ROCKWELL CITY…MANSON…JEFFERSON…GOWRIE…
SCRANTON…LOHRVILLE…CHURDAN…RINARD…KNIERIM…FARNHAMVILLE…
SOMERS…BARNUM…CALLENDER…GRAND JUNCTION…PATON…DANA…
MOORLAND…RIPPEY AND HARCOURT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IMMEDIATELY GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM…AWAY FROM WINDOWS. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE AND INJURY ARE
LIKELY. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES…AND SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED
BUILDING. WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTIVE WINDS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGE AND SERIOUS
INJURY SIMILAR TO A TORNADO.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED
WARNING. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED…IMMEDIATELY MOVE TO THE BASEMENT
OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM OF A REINFORCED BUILDING.