BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1228 AM CDT SUN SEP 19 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN RINGGOLD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT

* AT 1227 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO TENNIS BALL SIZE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOUNT AYR…OR 70 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…LAMONI…LEON…KELLERTON…LAMONI AIRPORT…DECATUR CITY…DAVIS CITY AND PLEASANTON.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 15.

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.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM…AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. TURN AROUND DON’T DROWN.