BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
603 PM CDT WED MAY 12 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 600 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DES MOINES…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
ALTOONA AROUND 610 PM CDT.
MITCHELLVILLE AND BONDURANT AROUND 615 PM CDT.
VALERIA AROUND 620 PM CDT.
MINGO AROUND 625 PM CDT.
BAXTER AROUND 635 PM CDT.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 139 AND 160.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 235 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 9 AND 13.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM…PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER…PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.