BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
118 AM CDT THU JUN 18 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN LUCAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
WAPELLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
* UNTIL 200 AM CDT
* AT 118 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF PELLA TO BUSSEY TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RUSSELL…AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
LEIGHTON BY 125 AM CDT…
NEW SHARON AND BEACON BY 130 AM CDT…
UNIVERSITY PARK…OSKALOOSA AND ALBIA BY 135 AM CDT…
EDDYVILLE BY 140 AM CDT…
OSKALOOSA AIRPORT…ROSE HILL AND KEOMAH VILLAGE BY 145 AM CDT…
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. COVER YOURSELF. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES…AND SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. LARGE WIND BLOWN HAIL…AND SEVERE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS CAN CAUSE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE JUST LIKE A TORNADO