BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1107 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 1105 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 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALERIA…OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF DES MOINES…AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
VALERIA BY 1115 PM CDT…
COLFAX AND MINGO BY 1120 PM CDT…
LAMBS GROVE AND BAXTER BY 1135 PM CDT…
NEWTON AND NEWTON AIRPORT BY 1140 PM CDT…
KELLOGG BY 1155 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 150 AND 177.

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.