BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1005 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BUTLER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 1002 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES EAST OF CLARION…OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF IOWA FALLS…AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…HAMPTON…ALLISON…GREENE…CLARKSVILLE…SHELL ROCK…COULTER…LATIMER…GENEVA…HANSELL…DUMONT…AREDALE AND BRISTOW.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 151 AND 173.

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.