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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 916 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF AFTON…OR 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES…AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
AFTON BY 925 PM CDT…
LORIMOR BY 935 PM CDT…
LORIMOR AND THAYER BY 940 PM CDT…
MURRAY BY 950 PM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. SEEK SAFETY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.