BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
410 PM CDT THU MAY 7 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 410 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF VAN WERT…OR 52 MILES SOUTH OF DES MOINES…AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
VAN WERT BY 420 PM CDT…
WELDON BY 430 PM CDT…
GARDEN GROVE AND LE ROY BY 445 PM CDT…
HUMESTON BY 500 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 15 AND 25.

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.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY…IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE…SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.