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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
EASTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 513 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF MASSENA…OR 61 MILES WEST OF DES MOINES…AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
BRIDGEWATER BY 520 PM CDT…
FONTANELLE BY 525 PM CDT…
GREENFIELD BY 530 PM CDT…
ORIENT BY 535 PM CDT…
CRESTON BY 545 PM CDT…
MACKSBURG BY 550 PM CDT…

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE IN ATLANTIC.

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.