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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
CENTRAL WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT

* AT 145 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 NEAR INDIANOLA…OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF DES MOINES…AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
ACKWORTH BY 150 AM CDT…
SANDYVILLE…MILO AND HARTFORD BY 155 AM CDT…
SANDYVILLE BY 200 AM CDT…
SWAN BY 205 AM CDT…
PLEASANTVILLE BY 210 AM CDT…
KNOXVILLE AND KNOXVILLE AIRPORT BY 225 AM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME…SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING.