BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1119 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN BUTLER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN GRUNDY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 1116 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 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELDORA…OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF IOWA FALLS…AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…APLINGTON…PARKERSBURG…SHELL ROCK…STEAMBOAT ROCK…ACKLEY…WELLSBURG…HOLLAND…STOUT…DIKE AND NEW HARTFORD.

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.