BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
516 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CERRO GORDO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 515 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KLEMME…OR 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MASON CITY…AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
MESERVEY…
THORNTON…
VENTURA…
SWALEDALE…
CLEAR LAKE…
MASON CITY AIRPORT…
ROCKWELL…
MASON CITY…
ROCK FALLS…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 179 AND 199.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. SEEK SAFETY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.