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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN POWESHIEK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 508 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 5 MILES EAST OF PELLA…OR 33 MILES WEST OF SIGOURNEY…AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
NEW SHARON BY 520 PM CDT…
BEACON BY 525 PM CDT…
UNIVERSITY PARK AND OSKALOOSA BY 530 PM CDT…
KEOMAH VILLAGE BY 535 PM CDT…
ROSE HILL BY 540 PM CDT…
OSKALOOSA AIRPORT BY 545 PM CDT…

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.

YOU ARE IN DANGER IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM! GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IS LIKELY. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES…AND SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTIVE WINDS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGE SIMILAR TO A TORNADO.