BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1240 PM CDT FRI APR 2 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
BLACK HAWK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
EASTERN BREMER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN TAMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 115 PM CDT

* AT 1238 PM 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 CEDAR FALLS TO KEYSTONE…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 85 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
RAYMOND…LA PORTE CITY…GILBERTVILLE AND ELK RUN HEIGHTS AROUND
1250 PM CDT.
TRIPOLI…READLYN AND DUNKERTON AROUND 1255 PM CDT.
ORAN AROUND 100 PM CDT.
SUMNER AROUND 105 PM CDT.

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.