BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1148 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN POWESHIEK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT

* AT 1146 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF PRAIRIE CITY TO KNOXVILLE TO 13 MILES SOUTH OF KNOXVILLE…AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…OSKALOOSA…MONROE…PELLA…NEW SHARON…MONTEZUMA…MARYSVILLE…LAKE RED ROCK…HAMILTON…HARVEY…BUSSEY…PELLA AIRPORT…REASNOR…LEIGHTON…BEACON…SULLY…UNIVERSITY PARK…LYNNVILLE…KEOMAH VILLAGE…OSKALOOSA AIRPORT AND SEARSBORO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IMMEDIATELY GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM…AWAY FROM WINDOWS. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE AND INJURY ARE LIKELY. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES…AND SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTIVE WINDS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGE AND SERIOUS INJURY SIMILAR TO A TORNADO.