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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
TAMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 715 AM CDT

* AT 625 AM CDT…TRAINED SPOTTERS INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARSHALLTOWN AIRPORT TO LAUREL…AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
LE GRAND BY 635 AM CDT…
GLADBROOK AND MONTOUR BY 640 AM CDT…
TOLEDO…TAMA AND GARWIN BY 645 AM CDT…
TRAER BY 655 AM CDT…
VINING…CLUTIER AND CHELSEA BY 700 AM CDT…

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE ACROSS STORY COUNTY.

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.