BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1200 AM CDT THU JUN 18 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
CARROLL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN SAC COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT

* AT 1201 AM 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 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARCADIA…OR 24 MILES SOUTHEAST OF IDA GROVE…AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
BREDA BY 1215 AM CDT…
AUBURN AND CARROLL BY 1230 AM CDT…
CARROLL AIRPORT BY 1235 AM CDT…
LIDDERDALE BY 1240 AM CDT…
LANESBORO…LAKE CITY AND GLIDDEN BY 1245 AM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND EXTENSIVE PROPERTY DAMAGE. SEEK SAFETY IN A STURDY BUILDING…AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.