BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
116 PM CDT MON APR 5 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
RINGGOLD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 200 PM CDT

* AT 113 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRANT CITY…OR 82 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
MALOY AROUND 125 PM CDT.
DELPHOS AND BENTON AROUND 130 PM CDT.
MOUNT AYR AROUND 140 PM CDT.
BEACONSFIELD AND ELLSTON AROUND 155 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE REDDING…DIAGONAL AND KELLERTON.

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.