Severe Weather

New Warning (Mahaska, Poweshiek)

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN POWESHIEK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 351 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GUERNSEY TO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SEARSBORO TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEIGHTON…AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
UNIVERSITY PARK…OSKALOOSA…DEEP RIVER AND BEACON BY 405 PM
CDT…
BARNES CITY BY 410 PM CDT…
KEOMAH VILLAGE BY 415 PM CDT…
ROSE HILL BY 420 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 182 AND 204.

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.