BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1109 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN LUCAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 1105 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 11 MILES WEST OF INDIANOLA…AND
MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
DES MOINES…INDIANOLA…NORWALK…PLEASANT HILL…CARLISLE…
PLEASANTVILLE…KNOXVILLE…MONROE…SPRING HILL…DES MOINES INT
AIRPORT…ACKWORTH…MILO…LACONA…HARTFORD…SANDYVILLE…
RUNNELLS…SWAN…MELCHER-DALLAS…KNOXVILLE AIRPORT AND LAKE RED
ROCK.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 42 AND 71.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 235 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 8 AND 10.

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.