BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
747 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN POWESHIEK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN TAMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 742 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF COLFAX…OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEWTON…AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE… NEWTON…MARSHALLTOWN…GRINNELL…TAMA…TOLEDO…BAXTER…LAMBS GROVE…RHODES…MELBOURNE…KELLOGG…HAVERHILL…LAUREL…OAKLAND ACRES…FERGUSON…GILMAN…LE GRAND…MONTOUR AND GARWIN.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 153 AND 163.

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.