BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
628 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WESTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 624 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 NEAR OGDEN…OR 21 MILES WEST OF AMES…AND MOVING SOUTH AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…PERRY…MADRID…WOODWARD…DALLAS CENTER…BERKLEY…PERRY AIRPORT…BOUTON…MINBURN AND GRANGER.
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.