BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
247 AM CDT THU JUN 9 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT

* AT 246 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF MONROE…OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF NEWTON…AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…KELLOGG…SULLY…OAKLAND ACRES AND LYNNVILLE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 150 AND 179.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS…DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING CONTINUOUSLY WITH THIS STORM.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES.