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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 548 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRING HILL…OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF DES MOINES…AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
CARLISLE BY 555 PM CDT…
HARTFORD AND ACKWORTH BY 600 PM CDT…
SANDYVILLE BY 605 PM CDT…
SWAN BY 610 PM CDT…
PLEASANTVILLE BY 615 PM CDT…
KNOXVILLE AND KNOXVILLE AIRPORT BY 625 PM CDT…

WINDS OF 55 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT THE DES MOINES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT 546 PM WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM…TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

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.