BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
604 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…
DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN RINGGOLD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 603 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A EVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS F 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOUNT AYR…OR 63 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES…AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 0 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
ELLSTON AND KELLERTON BY 610 PM CDT…
BEACONSFIELD BY 615 PM CDT…
GRAND RIVER BY 620 PM CDT…
DECATUR CITY BY 625 PM CDT…
VAN WERT BY 635 PM CDT…
WELDON AND OSCEOLA BY 640 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 9 AND 39.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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