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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 523 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 9 MILES WEST OF CLIVE…OR 16 MILES WEST OF DES MOINES…AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
WINDSOR HEIGHTS…CLIVE…WEST DES MOINES AND URBANDALE BY 535 PM
CDT…
DES MOINES…DES MOINES INT AIRPORT AND SAYLORVILLE BY 540 PM
CDT…
DES MOINES…ANKENY AIRPORT AND ANKENY BY 545 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 122 AND 149.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 67 AND 93.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 235 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 14.

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.