BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1245 PM CDT THU AUG 13 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
CENTRAL KOSSUTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 115 PM CDT

* AT 1245 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BURT…OR 46 MILES NORTH OF FORT DODGE…AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
TITONKA BY 1255 PM CDT…
WODEN BY 105 PM CDT…
CRYSTAL LAKE BY 115 PM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME…SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING.