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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BLACK HAWK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
EASTERN BREMER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 457 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF DUNKERTON…OR 5 MILES NORTH OF CUTSHAW BRIDGE STATE ACCE…AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
READLYN…RAYMOND…ORAN…GILBERTVILLE…FREDERIKA…ELK RUN HEIGHTS AND DUNKERTON

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 56 AND 73.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS ACROSS BLACK HAWK AND BREMER COUNTIES.

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.