BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
334 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 415 AM CDT

* AT 332 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALTOONA…OR 12 MILES EAST OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…NEWTON…COLFAX…PRAIRIE CITY…MONROE…PELLA…VALERIA…SWAN…MINGO…BAXTER…LAMBS GROVE…LAKE RED ROCK…REASNOR…NEWTON AIRPORT…PELLA AIRPORT…LAUREL AND KELLOGG.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 133 AND 175.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 87 AND 103.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 235 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 6 AND 14.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME…GET OUT NOW…AND SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING.