BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
544 PM CDT TUE APR 6 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN POWESHIEK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN TAMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 542 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL…AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF PELLA…OR 37 MILES WEST OF SIGOURNEY…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
LYNNVILLE AROUND 550 PM CDT.
GRINNELL AIRPORT AND GRINNELL AROUND 600 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE SEARSBORO…OAKLAND ACRES AND MALCOM.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 174 AND 194.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY…IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED…ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE…SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.