Severe Weather

New Warning (Adair, Madison)

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 809 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENFIELD…OR 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES…AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
ORIENT BY 820 PM CDT…
MACKSBURG BY 845 PM CDT…
WINTERSET BY 900 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.