BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
930 AM CDT SUN AUG 9 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT

* AT 929 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEHIGH…OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF FORT DODGE…AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
LEHIGH BY 935 AM CDT…
DUNCOMBE BY 940 AM CDT…
WEBSTER CITY AIRPORT BY 950 AM CDT…
WEBSTER CITY AND WOOLSTOCK BY 955 AM CDT…
KAMRAR BY 1005 AM CDT…
BLAIRSBURG BY 1010 AM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 131 AND 153.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND WIND
DAMAGE…INCLUDING TREE BRANCHES DOWN AND BROKEN WINDOWS…OVER PORTIONS OF CALHOUN AND WEBSTER COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND EXTENSIVE PROPERTY DAMAGE. SEEK SAFETY IN A STURDY BUILDING…AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.