BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1038 AM CDT SUN AUG 9 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
GRUNDY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN TAMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN BUTLER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
BLACK HAWK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT

* AT 1038 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF APLINGTON TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WELLSBURG TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALBION…AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
WELLSBURG…
ALBION…
MARSHALLTOWN AIRPORT…
HOLLAND…
CONRAD…
APLINGTON…
PARKERSBURG…
MARSHALLTOWN…
GRUNDY CENTER…
BEAMAN…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 56 AND 73.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WITH TORNADO LIKE DAMAGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. COVER YOURSELF. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES…AND SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. LARGE WIND BLOWN HAIL…AND SEVERE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS CAN CAUSE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE JUST LIKE A TORNADO.