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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 737 PM CDT…THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF FORT DODGE…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

AT 738 PM QUARTER SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED 4 MILES NORTH OF FORT DODGE WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…DAKOTA CITY…EAGLE GROVE…VINCENT…THOR…GOLDFIELD…HARDY…RENWICK…CLARION AIRPORT…LAKE CORNELIA…CORWITH AND KANAWHA.

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.