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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EAST CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 439 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 9 MILES
SOUTH OF NORWALK…OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
INDIANOLA…NORWALK…CARLISLE…PLEASANT HILL…SPRING HILL…DES
MOINES INT AIRPORT…HARTFORD AND RUNNELLS.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 53 AND 64.

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.

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.