BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
438 AM CDT SUN JUN 5 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN WAPELLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 530 AM CDT

* AT 435 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OSKALOOSA…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…OTTUMWA…KEOMAH VILLAGE…ROSE HILL…EDDYVILLE…OSKALOOSA AIRPORT…FREMONT…KIRKVILLE…CHILLICOTHE AND OTTUMWA AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. SEEK SAFETY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.