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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT

* AT 943 AM 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 SOUTHEAST OF STRATFORD…OR 26 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT DODGE…AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
STANHOPE BY 950 AM CDT…
GILBERT BY 955 AM CDT…
RANDALL AND STORY CITY BY 1000 AM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 116 AND 130.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS…FALLING TREES AND FLYING DEBRIS. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME…SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING.