BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
433 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
AUDUBON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 431 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KIMBALLTON…OR 54 MILES SOUTH OF IDA GROVE…AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
AUDUBON AIRPORT AND AUDUBON BY 440 PM CDT…
EXIRA AND BRAYTON BY 445 PM CDT…
ANITA BY 500 PM CDT…
ADAIR BY 505 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 49 AND 79.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE AND WINDS TO 70 MPH IN SHELBY COUNTY.

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.

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.