BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
929 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA
SOUTHWESTERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA
MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA
EASTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA
SOUTHEASTERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 929 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EARLHAM…OR 29 MILES WEST
OF DES MOINES…AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. NICKEL SIZE
HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
5 MILES NORTHWEST OF DE SOTO BY 940 PM CDT…
ADEL BY 945 PM CDT…
8 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAUKEE BY 950 PM CDT…
DALLAS CENTER BY 955 PM CDT…
8 MILES SOUTH OF WOODWARD AND 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRIMES BY 1000
PM CDT…
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 88 AND 134.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 67 AND 72.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 235 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 9.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH…DESTRUCTIVE HAIL…DEADLY LIGHTNING…AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME…YOU SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IN A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING.