2-17-09: NOW (IA,MO,AR,TN,MS,LA,OK)

2-17-09: NOW - Severe Storms (MO,AR,LA,MS and IOWA????????)

Severe Thunderstorm warnings for portions of far southern Missouri and northern Arkansas. Even reaching into eastern Oklahoma, these storms are moving east and northeast. More storms are possible later in parts of Arkansas, Mississippi, and possibly nothern Louisianna. (update 10:15pm central time)

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1134 PM CST TUE FEB 17 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN WAPELLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF OTTUMWA...

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST.

* AT 1129 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHILLICOTHE...OR 9 MILES WEST OF OTTUMWA...
AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
CHILLICOTHE BY 1135 PM CST...
OTTUMWA AIRPORT AND OTTUMWA BY 1145 PM CST...

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

LAT...LON 4103 9221 4098 9263 4110 9264 4117 9226
4117 9225
TIME...MOT...LOC 0534Z 249DEG 31KT 4105 9254