BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1229 AM CDT WED JUL 15 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT

* AT 1226 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF CARLISLE…OR 8 MILES EAST OF DES MOINES…AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
RUNNELLS AND HARTFORD BY 1240 AM CDT…
SWAN BY 1245 AM CDT…
SANDYVILLE BY 1250 AM CDT…
PLEASANTVILLE BY 1255 AM CDT…
MELCHER-DALLAS BY 115 AM CDT…

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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