BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1156 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
RINGGOLD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT

* AT 1156 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 REDDING…OR 79 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES…AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
MALOY BY 1205 AM CDT…
BENTON AND DELPHOS BY 1210 AM CDT…
MOUNT AYR BY 1220 AM CDT…
DIAGONAL BY 1225 AM CDT…
TINGLEY AND ELLSTON BY 1240 AM 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.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY…IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE…SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.