BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1125 PM CDT FRI SEP 2 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
* AT 1123 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 NEAR PERRY…OR 28 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF AMES…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
AMES…WOODWARD…MADRID…POLK CITY…BOONE…HUXLEY…BOUTON…
GRANGER…SAYLORVILLE LAKE…LUTHER…BOONE AIRPORT…SHELDAHL…
SLATER…ALLEMAN…KELLEY…ELKHART…AMES AIRPORT…CAMBRIDGE AND
GILBERT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 94 AND 112.
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.