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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 708 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 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STRATFORD…OR 22 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT DODGE…AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
STRATFORD…
STANHOPE…
KAMRAR…
JEWELL…
WEBSTER CITY…
ELLSWORTH…
BLAIRSBURG…
WILLIAMS…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 132 AND 147.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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