BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
545 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN LUCAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 540 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OSCEOLA…OR 49 MILES SOUTH OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…VAN WERT…WELDON…GARDEN GROVE…LE ROY…HUMESTON…DERBY…MILLERTON AND RUSSELL.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 15 AND 30.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY…IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED…ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE…SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.