BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1145 PM CDT FRI SEP 2 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN BLACK HAWK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN BREMER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
* AT 1144 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 NEAR
WATERLOO…AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
EVANSDALE…DENVER…SUMNER…ELK RUN HEIGHTS…GILBERTVILLE…
RAYMOND…DUNKERTON…READLYN…JESUP GOLF COURSE AND ORAN.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 58 AND 73.
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.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN DES MOINES.