BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1045 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1042 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 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOUNT AYR…OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAMONI…AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…LAMONI…OSCEOLA…LEON…MURRAY…GRAND RIVER…LAMONI AIRPORT…DECATUR CITY…VAN WERT…DAVIS CITY…WELDON…OSCEOLA AIRPORT…PLEASANTON…WOODBURN…GARDEN GROVE AND LE ROY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 2 AND 42.

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.

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.