BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
542 AM CDT TUE JUN 22 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 630 AM CDT

* AT 537 AM CDT…EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF CARLISLE TO KNOXVILLE…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
RUNNELLS AROUND 550 AM CDT.
LAKE RED ROCK…PELLA AIRPORT AND HARVEY AROUND 555 AM CDT.
PRAIRIE CITY…PELLA…MONROE AND LEIGHTON AROUND 600 AM CDT.
REASNOR AROUND 610 AM CDT.
NEWTON AIRPORT…NEWTON…LAMBS GROVE AND SULLY AROUND 615 AM CDT.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 158 AND 170.

WARREN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ESTIMATED WINDS TO 60 MPH…AND A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER IN INDIANOLA RERORTED A FENCE DOWN AND DAMAGE TO A SHED AROUND 535 AM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS…FALLING TREES AND FLYING DEBRIS. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME…SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING.