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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN APPANOOSE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
WAPELLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT

* AT 111 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 ALBIA…OR 17 MILES NORTH OF CENTERVILLE…AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…OTTUMWA…ELDON…BLAKESBURG…EDDYVILLE…DRAKESVILLE…CHILLICOTHE…KIRKVILLE…OTTUMWA AIRPORT…FLORIS…FREMONT AND AGENCY.

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.

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.