BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
424 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 422 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRIDGEWATER…OR 63 MILES WEST OF DES MOINES…AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
BRIDGEWATER BY 430 PM CDT…
FONTANELLE BY 435 PM CDT…
GREENFIELD BY 440 PM CDT…
STUART BY 455 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 82 AND 96.

WINDS OF 60 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED NEAR CUMBERLAND WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM…TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

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.