Severe Weather

New Warning (Mahaska, Marion and Monroe)

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1222 AM CDT WED JUL 15 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT 1222 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KNOXVILLE…OR 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DES MOINES…AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
HARVEY BY 1235 AM CDT…
MARYSVILLE BY 1240 AM CDT…
BUSSEY AND HAMILTON BY 1245 AM CDT…
BEACON…OSKALOOSA AND UNIVERSITY PARK BY 100 AM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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