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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN POWESHIEK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 625 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 9 MILES SOUTH OF PELLA AIRPORT…OR 34 MILES NORTHWEST OF OTTUMWA…AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
LEIGHTON BY 640 PM CDT…
OSKALOOSA BY 650 PM CDT…
UNIVERSITY PARK BY 655 PM CDT…
KEOMAH VILLAGE BY 700 PM CDT…
ROSE HILL BY 705 PM CDT…

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS POLK COUNTY.

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.