BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1016 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
EASTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
RINGGOLD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
TAYLOR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 1014 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 NEAR
LENOX…OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRESTON…AND MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH. THIS WARNING REPLACES PORTIONS OF A PREVIOUS WARNING ISSUED
FOR THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THIS AREA.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
CRESTON…MOUNT AYR…MALOY…CRESTON AIRPORT…REDDING…BENTON…
DIAGONAL…DELPHOS…SHANNON CITY…ARISPE…AFTON…TINGLEY…
ELLSTON…LORIMOR…THAYER…BEACONSFIELD AND KELLERTON.

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.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED
WARNING. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED…IMMEDIATELY MOVE TO THE BASEMENT
OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM OF A REINFORCED BUILDING.