BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
605 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
WESTERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 604 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 VILLISCA…OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLARINDA…AND MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE..BEDFORD…NEW MARKET AND GRAVITY.

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.