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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN POWESHIEK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN TAMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 416 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 4 MILES NORTH OF BAXTER…OR 31 MILES NORTHEAST OF DES MOINES…AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
HAVERHILL BY 440 PM CDT…
LAUREL BY 450 PM CDT…
FERGUSON BY 455 PM CDT…
KELLOGG BY 500 PM CDT…
GILMAN BY 505 PM CDT…
OAKLAND ACRES BY 510 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 175 AND 180.

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