Severe Weather

New Warning (Boone, Hamilton, Story and Webster) until 9:45pm

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 915 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 9 MILES
WEST OF OGDEN…OR 29 MILES WEST OF AMES…AND MOVING EAST AT 65
MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
AMES…OGDEN…BOONE…MADRID…HUXLEY…JEWELL…STORY CITY…
DAYTON…LEHIGH…PILOT MOUND…FRASER…STRATFORD…BOONE
AIRPORT…LUTHER…STANHOPE…SLATER…KELLEY…GILBERT…AMES
AIRPORT AND RANDALL.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 103 AND 139.

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.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED
WARNING. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED…IMMEDIATELY MOVE TO THE BASEMENT
OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM OF A REINFORCED BUILDING.