Severe Weather

New Warning (Boone, Dallas and Polk)

This includes the western and northwestern portions of the Des Moines Metro…
BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1123 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT

* AT 1122 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BERKLEY TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PERRY TO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PERRY…AND WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
BOUTON BY 1130 PM CDT…
MINBURN BY 1135 PM CDT…
WOODWARD BY 1140 PM CDT…
MADRID AND DALLAS CENTER BY 1145 PM CDT…
GRANGER AND ADEL BY 1155 PM CDT…
SAYLORVILLE LAKE…POLK CITY AND WAUKEE BY MIDNIGHT CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS…FALLING TREES AND FLYING DEBRIS. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME…SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING.