BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
631 PM CDT WED JUL 22 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN POCAHONTAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 630 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 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF PIONEER…OR 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT DODGE…AND WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
PIONEER BY 640 PM CDT…
CLARE BY 650 PM CDT…
BARNUM BY 700 PM CDT…
BARNUM BY 705 PM CDT…

THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING INTO ADDITIONAL PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN POCAHONTAS COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DOWNED TREE LIMBS. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME…SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING.