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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
POWESHIEK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 652 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEWTON…OR 38 MILES EAST OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
GRINNELL…MONTEZUMA…BROOKLYN…SEARSBORO…GRINNELL AIRPORT…MALCOM…DEEP RIVER…GUERNSEY AND HARTWICK.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 181 AND 204.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY…IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED…ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE…SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.