BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
102 AM CDT WED JUL 15 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
WAPELLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 101 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CHILLICOTHE TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF OTTUMWA TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMFIELD…AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
OTTUMWA AND BLOOMFIELD BY 110 AM CDT…
FLORIS AND AGENCY BY 115 AM CDT…
PULASKI AND ELDON BY 125 AM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. SEEK SAFETY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.