BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1017 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN POWESHIEK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 1014 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESSOF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW SHARON…OR 16 MILES SOUTH OF GRINNELL…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…MONTEZUMA…LYNNVILLE AND SEARSBORO.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 181 AND 191.

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