BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
719 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WESTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN POCAHONTAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
EASTERN SAC COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 718 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 LAKE VIEW…OR 20 MILES NORTH OF CARROLL…AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
SAC CITY…ROCKWELL CITY…MANSON…YETTER…LYTTON…JOLLEY…
FONDA AND POMEROY.
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.