BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
823 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
AUDUBON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 820 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL…AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
DEFIANCE TO 6 MILES EAST OF PERSIA TO UNDERWOOD…AND MOVING EAST
AT 65 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
ATLANTIC…AUDUBON…GRISWOLD…GUTHRIE CENTER…PANORA…STUART…
GREENFIELD…KIMBALLTON…GRAY…MARNE…AUDUBON AIRPORT…
BRAYTON…ATLANTIC AIRPORT…EXIRA…LEWIS…WIOTA…ANITA…
ADAIR…BAYARD AND CUMBERLAND.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 50 AND 95.

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS NEBRASKA AND
WESTERN IOWA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IMMEDIATELY GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM…AWAY FROM WINDOWS. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE AND INJURY ARE
LIKELY. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES…AND SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED
BUILDING. WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTIVE WINDS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGE AND SERIOUS
INJURY SIMILAR TO A TORNADO.