BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
857 PM CDT THU JUL 9 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EMMET COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHERN PALO ALTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 855 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 16 MILES WEST OF WALLINGFORD…OR 8 MILES NORTH OF SPENCER…AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
WALLINGFORD…ESTHERVILLE AND GRAETTINGER BY 925 PM CDT…
GRUVER AND ESTHERVILLE AIRPORT BY 935 PM CDT…
ARMSTRONG…DOLLIVER AND RINGSTED BY 945 PM CDT…

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. ONE AND A QUARTER INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO VOLUNTEERS NORTH OF SPENCER AROUND 850 PM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. SEEK SAFETY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.