BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1046 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
* AT 1046 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF WINTERSET…OR 33 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES…AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
WINTERSET…
PATTERSON…
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. SEEK SAFETY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.