BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1209 AM CDT TUE APR 6 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
AUDUBON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT

* AT 1207 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELK HORN…OR 59 MILES SOUTH OF IDA GROVE…AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
AUDUBON…KIMBALLTON…BRAYTON…EXIRA AND AUDUBON AIRPORT.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 49 AND 70.

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.