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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
POWESHIEK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 846 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 5 MILES SOUTH OF GRINNELL…AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
MONTEZUMA…BROOKLYN…MALCOM…BARNES CITY…DEEP RIVER…GUERNSEY AND HARTWICK.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 174 AND 204.

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.