BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
154 PM CDT MON APR 5 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN RINGGOLD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT

* AT 150 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF LAMONI…OR 59 MILES SOUTH OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS REPLACES THE WARNING PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
LEON…DECATUR CITY…VAN WERT…WELDON…GARDEN GROVE…LE ROY AND WOODBURN.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 9 AND 30.

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.