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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN LUCAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 259 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OSCEOLA…OR 34 MILES SOUTH OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
NEW VIRGINIA…LACONA…MILO…ACKWORTH AND SANDYVILLE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 33 AND 51.

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.