BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1046 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 1042 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 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WINTERSET…OR 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF CRESTON…AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…INDIANOLA…WINTERSET…EAST PERU…TRURO…PATTERSON…ST. CHARLES…BEVINGTON…NEW VIRGINIA…ST. MARYS…MARTENSDALE…CUMMING…SPRING HILL AND LACONA.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 42 AND 67.

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.