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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
TAYLOR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 552 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES WEST OF NEW MARKET TO 17 MILES SOUTH OF NEW MARKET…AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
NEW MARKET BY 610 PM CDT…
GRAVITY AND BEDFORD BY 625 PM CDT…
CONWAY…SHARPSBURG AND ATHELSTAN BY 630 PM CDT…

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS NEAR TARKIO MISSOURI.

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.