BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
908 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 904 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF AUDUBON…OR 18 MILES NORTH OF ATLANTIC…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…GUTHRIE CENTER…GREENFIELD…STUART…WIOTA…ANITA…ADAIR…CASEY…BRIDGEWATER…FONTANELLE AND MENLO.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 55 AND 94.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. SEEK SAFETY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

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