BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
623 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN POWESHIEK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN TAMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 622 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 KELLOGG…OR 40 MILES EAST OF DES MOINES…AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
GRINNELL BY 630 PM CDT…
GILMAN AND LAUREL BY 635 PM CDT…
FERGUSON BY 640 PM CDT…
MONTOUR AND LE GRAND BY 645 PM CDT…
TOLEDO AND TAMA BY 650 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 163 AND 189.

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.