BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1243 AM CDT THU JUN 18 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
CARROLL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN SAC COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT

* AT 1243 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM AUBURN TO 10 MILES WEST OF HALBUR…AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
LAKE CITY BY 1250 AM CDT…
LIDDERDALE…HALBUR AND CARROLL BY 1255 AM CDT…
CARROLL AIRPORT…TEMPLETON AND LANESBORO BY 100 AM CDT…
WILLEY AND GLIDDEN BY 105 AM CDT…
RALSTON BY 110 AM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

YOU ARE IN DANGER IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM! GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IS LIKELY. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES…AND SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTIVE WINDS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGE SIMILAR TO A TORNADO.