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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 517 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 LORIMOR…OR 37 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES…AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
EAST PERU AND WINTERSET BY 530 PM CDT…
TRURO AND PATTERSON BY 540 PM CDT…
ST. CHARLES AND NEW VIRGINIA BY 545 PM CDT…
ST. MARYS…BEVINGTON AND MARTENSDALE BY 550 PM CDT…
SPRING HILL BY 600 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 89 AND 99.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 35 AND 66.

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.