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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 945 AM CDT

* AT 847 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ROCKWELL CITY…OR 26 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT DODGE…AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
RINARD BY 900 AM CDT…
SOMERS…KNIERIM AND FARNHAMVILLE BY 905 AM CDT…
MOORLAND…CALLENDER AND BARNUM BY 915 AM CDT…
OTHO AND FORT DODGE BY 925 AM CDT…
FORT DODGE AIRPORT BY 930 AM CDT…

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

WIND BLOWN GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL…BREAKING WINDOWS…HAS BEEN
REPORTED 1 MILE SOUTHEAST OF YETTER WITH THIS STORM BY A TRAINED SPOTTER. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM…TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND EXTENSIVE PROPERTY DAMAGE. SEEK SAFETY IN A STURDY BUILDING…AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.