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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN GRUNDY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
POWESHIEK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
TAMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN BLACK HAWK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 440 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF DYSART TO CHELSEA TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF KELLOGG…AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
IRVING BY 450 PM CDT…
KELLOGG BY 500 PM CDT…
OAKLAND ACRES AND GRINNELL BY 510 PM CDT…
GRINNELL AIRPORT BY 520 PM CDT…
HARTWICK BY 525 PM CDT…
MALCOM…BROOKLYN AND GUERNSEY BY 530 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 175 AND 204.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS…FALLING TREES AND FLYING DEBRIS. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME…SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING.