BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1144 AM CDT FRI APR 2 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN LUCAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT

* AT 1139 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INDIANOLA TO 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF CORYDON…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 75 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
PLEASANTVILLE…KNOXVILLE…PRAIRIE CITY…COLFAX…MONROE…
PELLA…NEWTON…MELCHER-DALLAS…MELROSE…HARTFORD…RUNNELLS…
SWAN…KNOXVILLE AIRPORT…LOVILIA…MARYSVILLE…HAMILTON…LAKE
RED ROCK…BUSSEY…HARVEY AND PELLA AIRPORT.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 150 AND 173.

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.