BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1104 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 1102 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 SOUTHEAST OF AFTON…OR 49 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES…AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
THAYER…
LORIMOR…
MURRAY…
OSCEOLA…
TRURO…
NEW VIRGINIA…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 27 AND 51.

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.