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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
RINGGOLD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
TAYLOR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 626 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 GRAVITY TO BLOCKTON…AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
REDDING AND CONWAY BY 635 PM CDT…
SHARPSBURG…MALOY AND DELPHOS BY 640 PM CDT…
BENTON BY 645 PM CDT…
LENOX AND CLEARFIELD BY 650 PM CDT…
MOUNT AYR AND DIAGONAL BY 655 PM CDT…

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE SOUTH OF BEDFORD AROUND 615 PM.

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.