BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
527 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN POWESHIEK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN TAMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 527 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 6 MILES NORTH OF GRINNELL…OR 32 MILES WEST OF MARENGO…AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
TAMA BY 535 PM CDT…
BROOKLYN BY 545 PM CDT…
CHELSEA BY 550 PM CDT…
HARTWICK BY 555 PM CDT…

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.