BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
714 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN TAMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
* UNTIL 730 AM CDT
* AT 714 AM CDT…TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLUTIER…OR 16 MILES WEST OF VINTON…AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
DYSART BY 720 AM CDT…
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS…WITH TREES UPROOTED.
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.