The previous warning in Ringgold county has been cancelled and replaced with this one.
BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1238 AM CDT MON JUN 8 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT

* AT 1238 AM 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 5 MILES WEST OF LAMONI…OR 70 MILES SOUTH OF DES MOINES…AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
LAMONI…LAMONI AIRPORT AND KELLERTON BY 1245 AM CDT…
BEACONSFIELD BY 1255 AM CDT…
DECATUR CITY AND GRAND RIVER BY 100 AM CDT…
VAN WERT BY 110 AM CDT…
WELDON BY 115 AM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 25.

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.