BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1007 AM CDT SUN AUG 9 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WESTERN GRUNDY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
HARDIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT

* AT 1002 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES WEST OF POPEJOY TO 8 MILES WEST OF RADCLIFFE TO 11 MILES WEST OF NEVADA…AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
ROLAND…
POPEJOY…
NEVADA…
RADCLIFFE…
MCCALLSBURG…
BUCKEYE…
ALDEN…
HUBBARD…
ZEARING…
IOWA FALLS…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 113 AND 156.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL AND IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A UNIQUE COMBINATION OF WIND AND HAIL DAMAGE TOGETHER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. COVER YOURSELF. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES…AND SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. LARGE WIND BLOWN HAIL…AND SEVERE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS CAN CAUSE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE JUST LIKE A TORNADO.