BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
141 AM CDT THU JUN 18 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT

* AT 140 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF WOODWARD…OR 29 MILES NORTHWEST OF DES MOINES…AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
MADRID…GRANGER AND KELLEY BY 150 AM CDT…
SHELDAHL…POLK CITY…SLATER AND SAYLORVILLE LAKE BY 155 AM CDT…
ALLEMAN…ANKENY AND JOHNSTON BY 200 AM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

YOU ARE IN DANGER IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM! GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IS LIKELY. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES…AND SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTIVE WINDS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGE SIMILAR TO A TORNADO.