BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
632 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN AUDUBON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 631 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 5 MILES SOUTH OF BRAYTON…OR 66 MILES SOUTHEAST OF IDA GROVE…AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
ANITA…
EXIRA…
ADAIR…
CASEY…
GUTHRIE CENTER…
PANORA…
YALE…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 53 AND 96.

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.