BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1215 AM CDT SUN SEP 19 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT 1213 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES WEST OF CRESTON…OR 59 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…CRESTON…CROMWELL…CRESTON AIRPORT…SHANNON CITY…AFTON AND ARISPE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND EXTENSIVE PROPERTY DAMAGE. IMMEDIATELY SEEK SAFETY IN A REINFORCED BUILDING…AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.