BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
958 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA
NORTHEASTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA
POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA
NORTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA
NORTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 955 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 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF DALLAS CENTER…OR 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF DES MOINES…AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WOODWARD BY 1005 PM CDT…
MADRID AND 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF POLK CITY BY 1010 PM CDT…
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 109 AND 147.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 56 AND 97.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 235 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 14.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH… DESTRUCTIVE HAIL…DEADLY LIGHTNING…AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.