BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1242 AM CDT SAT AUG 8 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN GRUNDY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN HARDIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT

* AT 1238 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF ROLAND…OR 41 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT DODGE…AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
MCCALLSBURG BY 1250 AM CDT…
ZEARING AND HUBBARD BY 100 AM CDT…
NEW PROVIDENCE AND ST. ANTHONY BY 115 AM CDT…
CLEMONS BY 120 AM CDT…
UNION…LISCOMB…WHITTEN AND ALBION BY 130 AM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 121 AND 136.

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.