BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
412 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 412 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF ADEL…OR 24 MILES WEST OF DES MOINES…AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
ADEL BY 420 PM CDT…
DE SOTO BY 425 PM CDT…
VAN METER BY 435 PM CDT…
WAUKEE BY 445 PM CDT…
CLIVE…WEST DES MOINES AND WINDSOR HEIGHTS BY 500 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 99 AND 126.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 67 AND 72.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 235 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 3.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF WIND DAMAGE IN BOONE AND DALLAS 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.

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