BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1138 AM CDT FRI APR 2 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL NOON CDT

* AT 1134 AM 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 NEAR COLFAX…OR 22 MILES NORTHEAST OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING NORTH AT 70 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
RHODES AROUND 1145 AM CDT.
STATE CENTER AROUND 1150 AM CDT.
CLEMONS AND ST. ANTHONY AROUND 1155 AM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE COLLINS…MELBOURNE…COLO…ZEARING AND LISCOMB.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 155 AND 160.

THIS STORM PRODUCED NICKEL SIZED HAIL SOUTH OF INDIANOLA AROUND 1125 AM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR…DESTRUCTIVE HAIL…DEADLY LIGHTNING…AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.