BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1120 AM CDT FRI APR 2 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
EXTREME NORTHERN LUCAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
* UNTIL NOON CDT
* AT 1116 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM OSCEOLA TO 9 MILES EAST OF LEON…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
INDIANOLA…CARLISLE…PLEASANTVILLE…KNOXVILLE…NEW VIRGINIA…LACONA…MILO…ACKWORTH…SANDYVILLE…MELCHER-DALLAS… HARTFORD…SWAN…KNOXVILLE AIRPORT…MARYSVILLE…HAMILTON AND LAKE RED ROCK.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 26 AND 44.
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.
THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI.