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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
EAST CENTRAL MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN POWESHIEK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 408 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PELLA…OR 34 MILES WEST OF SIGOURNEY…AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
NEW SHARON…MONTEZUMA…BARNES CITY…DEEP RIVER AND GUERNSEY.

THIS STORM HAS A LONG HISTORY OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES IN DIAMETER.

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.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!