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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 552 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF VALERIA TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALERIA TO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRAIRIE CITY…AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
VALERIA AND PRAIRIE CITY BY 600 PM CDT…
PRAIRIE CITY…MINGO AND COLFAX BY 605 PM CDT…
MONROE BY 610 PM CDT…
NEWTON AIRPORT…REASNOR…NEWTON AND LAMBS GROVE BY 615 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 150 AND 179.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS POLK COUNTY WITH TREE DAMAGE AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

YOU ARE IN DANGER IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM! GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IS LIKELY. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES…AND SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTIVE WINDS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGE SIMILAR TO A TORNADO.