BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1059 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 1057 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CASEY…OR 46 MILES WEST OF DES MOINES…AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
MENLO BY 1120 PM CDT…
STUART…DEXTER AND REDFIELD BY 1145 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 78 AND 118.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN ADAIR AND CASEY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND EXTENSIVE PROPERTY DAMAGE. SEEK SAFETY IN A STURDY BUILDING…AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.