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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN CERRO GORDO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 647 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 NEAR SHEFFIELD…OR 20 MILES SOUTH OF MASON CITY…AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
DOUGHERTY…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 173 AND 174.

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.