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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 800 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 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANOLA…AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE… INDIANOLA…PLEASANTVILLE…KNOXVILLE…ST. MARYS…ACKWORTH… MILO…LACONA…SANDYVILLE…MELCHER-DALLAS AND KNOXVILLE AIRPORT.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 44 AND 55.

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.