BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
420 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 418 PM 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 NEAR BONDURANT…OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF DES MOINES…AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
MITCHELLVILLE BY 430 PM CDT…
VALERIA AND MINGO BY 435 PM CDT…
COLFAX BY 445 PM CDT…
PRAIRIE CITY BY 450 PM CDT…
LAMBS GROVE BY 505 PM CDT…
NEWTON BY 510 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 138 AND 174.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 235 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 4 AND 14.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF WIND DAMAGE. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME…SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING.

GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. COVER YOURSELF. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES…AND SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. LARGE WIND BLOWN HAIL…AND SEVERE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS CAN CAUSE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE JUST