BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
624 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN POWESHIEK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN TAMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 715 AM CDT

* AT 622 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF BAXTER…OR 33 MILES NORTHEAST OF DES MOINES…AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
GILMAN BY 640 AM CDT…
CHELSEA AND HARTWICK BY 710 AM CDT…

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE.

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.