BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1149 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 1143 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 8 MILES NORTH OF BONDURANT…OR 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…MARSHALLTOWN…STATE CENTER…MINGO…MAXWELL…COLLINS…COLO…RHODES…MELBOURNE…ST. ANTHONY…CLEMONS AND ALBION.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 99 AND 102.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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.