BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
252 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT

* AT 248 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES EAST OF CRESTON…OR 47 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
WINTERSET…EARLHAM…STUART…MURRAY…ORIENT…LORIMOR… MACKSBURG…EAST PERU…TRURO…ST. CHARLES AND PATTERSON.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 91 AND 99.

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.