BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1146 AM CDT SUN AUG 9 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN BLACK HAWK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT

* AT 1145 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF GILBERTVILLE…OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF CUTSHAW BRIDGE STATE ACCESS POINT…AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
RAYMOND…GILBERTVILLE…ELK RUN HEIGHTS AND DUNKERTON

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 56 AND 73.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME…SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING.