BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
331 AM CDT MON AUG 8 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CENTRAL JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN POWESHIEK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 415 AM CDT

* AT 330 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 NEAR NEWTON…AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…GRINNELL…KELLOGG…OAKLAND ACRES…GRINNELL AIRPORT AND MALCOM.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 162 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.