BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1127 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT

* AT 1127 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EARLHAM…OR 37 MILES WEST OF DES MOINES…AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
EARLHAM BY 1145 PM CDT…
WINTERSET BY 1210 AM CDT…
PATTERSON AND ST. CHARLES BY 1215 AM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 97 AND 120.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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