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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN TAMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 652 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 NEAR GARWIN…OR 32 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WATERLOO…AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
CLUTIER AND TRAER BY 710 PM CDT…
DYSART BY 720 PM CDT…

WINDS UP TO 75 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED NEAR MARSHALLTOWN FROM AN IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ROAD SENSOR ALONG HIGHWAY 30 WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM…TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

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.

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.