BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
850 PM CDT THU APR 29 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CERRO GORDO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN WORTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 849 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF BELMOND…OR 24 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MASON CITY…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
THORNTON AROUND 900 PM CDT.
SWALEDALE AROUND 905 PM CDT.
MASON CITY AROUND 920 PM CDT.
ROCK FALLS AROUND 930 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE MASON CITY AIRPORT AND PLYMOUTH.

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.