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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
WESTERN RINGGOLD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 739 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 VILLISCA…OR 82 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
LENOX…GRAVITY…SHARPSBURG…CONWAY…CLEARFIELD…MALOY…
DIAGONAL…BENTON AND DELPHOS.

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.