BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
433 PM CDT FRI JUN 18 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN HARDIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 430 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STORY CITY…OR 37 MILES NORTH OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
STORY CITY…NEVADA…STATE CENTER…ROLAND…MCCALLSBURG…COLO…
ZEARING…ST. ANTHONY…CLEMONS…NEW PROVIDENCE…UNION…
ALBION…LISCOMB AND WHITTEN.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 111 AND 128.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. SEEK SAFETY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED…IMMEDIATELY MOVE TO THE BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM OF A REINFORCED BUILDING.