BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
729 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WESTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
EASTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 727 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 7 MILES SOUTH OF ADAIR…OR 53 MILES WEST OF DES MOINES…AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
GREENFIELD…
CASEY…
MENLO…
STUART…
DEXTER…
REDFIELD…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 69 AND 108.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME…SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING.