Severe Weather

New Warning (Madison, Adair and Guthrie)

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 427 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 CASEY…OR 47 MILES WEST OF DES MOINES…AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
MENLO BY 440 PM CDT…
STUART BY 455 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 80 AND 99.

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.