BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
728 PM CDT SAT APR 25 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH 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. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WINTERSET…OR 29 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES…AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
PATTERSON BY 740 PM CDT…
PATTERSON BY 745 PM CDT…
BEVINGTON BY 750 PM CDT…
MARTENSDALE AND VAN METER BY 755 PM CDT…
CUMMING AND SPRING HILL BY 805 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 113 AND 119.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 54 AND 66.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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