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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 102 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF EARLING…OR 31 MILES SOUTH OF IDA GROVE…AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
DENISON…MANILLA…DOW CITY…ARION…BUCK GROVE…DENISON
AIRPORT…SCHLESWIG…DELOIT…KIRON…ASPINWALL…VAIL AND
WESTSIDE.

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.