BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
446 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WESTERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 444 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE
HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR CRESTON…AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
MACKSBURG…AFTON…LORIMOR…THAYER…MURRAY…EAST PERU AND
TRURO.
WINDS ESTIMATED AT 55 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM IN
CRESTON.
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.