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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 643 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 JEFFERSON…OR 37 MILES SOUTH OF FORT DODGE…AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
GRAND JUNCTION…
DANA…
BEAVER…
PATON…
OGDEN…
BOXHOLM…
PILOT MOUND…
FRASER…
HARCOURT…

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.