Severe Weather

New Warning (Adair, Auduon, Dallas, Greene and Guthrie) until 9:45pm

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
904 PM CDT THU APR 29 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN AUDUBON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 903 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF ATLANTIC…OR 61 MILES WEST OF DES MOINES…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
GUTHRIE CENTER AROUND 925 PM CDT.
YALE AROUND 935 PM CDT.
JAMAICA AROUND 940 PM CDT.
DAWSON AROUND 945 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE CASEY…BAGLEY AND RIPPEY.

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.