BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
325 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 415 AM CDT

* AT 323 AM 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 EAST OF MADRID…OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AMES…AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…AMES…HUXLEY…NEVADA…STATE CENTER…KELLEY…AMES AIRPORT…CAMBRIDGE…MAXWELL…COLLINS…COLO…RHODES…ST. ANTHONY…MELBOURNE AND CLEMONS.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 103 AND 116.

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.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM…AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. TURN AROUND DON/T DROWN.