BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1205 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CENTRAL RINGGOLD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
CENTRAL TAYLOR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT

* AT 1202 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 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF BEDFORD…OR 12 MILES EAST OF CLARINDA…AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…BEDFORD…MOUNT AYR…GRAVITY…SHARPSBURG…CONWAY…CLEARFIELD…MALOY…BENTON…DIAGONAL…DELPHOS AND TINGLEY.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED…IMMEDIATELY MOVE TO THE BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM OF A REINFORCED BUILDING.