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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN BLACK HAWK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN BREMER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN GRUNDY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 521 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GRUNDY CENTER…OR 21 MILES WEST OF WATERLOO…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
WATERLOO…CEDAR FALLS…DENVER…STOUT…DIKE…NEW HARTFORD…WATERLOO AIRPORT AND JANESVILLE.

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.