BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
941 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…
SOUTHWESTERN AUDUBON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
* AT 938 PM 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 NORTHWEST OF ATLANTIC…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…ATLANTIC…GREENFIELD…ATLANTIC AIRPORT…BRAYTON…LEWIS…WIOTA…ANITA…CUMBERLAND…MASSENA…BRIDGEWATER AND FONTANELLE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 50 AND 72.
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.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM…AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. TURN AROUND DON/T DROWN.