BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
636 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
LUCAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 634 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WOODBURN…OR 42 MILES SOUTH OF DES MOINES…AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
DERBY BY 645 PM CDT…
LUCAS BY 650 PM CDT…
CHARITON AIRPORT BY 655 PM CDT…
CHARITON AND LACONA BY 700 PM CDT…
WILLIAMSON AND RUSSELL BY 705 PM CDT…
MELCHER-DALLAS BY 710 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 30 AND 34.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS…FALLING TREES AND FLYING DEBRIS. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME…SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING.