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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 559 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 BELMOND…OR 31 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MASON CITY…AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
ALEXANDER…
MESERVEY…
THORNTON…
SHEFFIELD…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 172 AND 185.

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.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.