Severe Weather

New Warning (Des Moines, Lee)

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
213 AM CST SAT MAR 7 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN DES MOINES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 245 AM CST.

* AT 210 AM CST…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY NEAR WEST POINT…OR 9 MILES WEST
OF FORT MADISON…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
DENMARK AROUND 220 AM CST…
WEST BURLINGTON AND MIDDLETOWN AROUND 230 AM CST…

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE IMMEDIATELY INDOORS AND STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.