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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
POWESHIEK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN TAMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 445 AM CDT

* AT 400 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF GRINNELL…AND MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…GRINNELL…TAMA…TOLEDO…BROOKLYN…GILMAN…GRINNELL AIRPORT…LE GRAND…MONTOUR…MALCOM…GUERNSEY…CHELSEA…HARTWICK…VINING…CLUTIER…ELBERON AND IRVING.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 169 AND 204.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS…FALLING TREES AND FLYING DEBRIS. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME…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.