BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1102 PM CDT FRI SEP 2 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WESTERN BLACK HAWK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTH CENTRAL BREMER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
GRUNDY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN TAMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 1100 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF GRUNDY CENTER…
OR 22 MILES SOUTHEAST OF IOWA FALLS…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
WATERLOO…GRUNDY CENTER…REINBECK…HUDSON…CEDAR FALLS…
EVANSDALE…LA PORTE CITY…GLADBROOK…HOLLAND…LINCOLN…
MORRISON…STOUT…DIKE…NEW HARTFORD…JANESVILLE AND WATERLOO
AIRPORT.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 70 AND 73.

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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN DES MOINES.