BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
240 PM CDT WED MAY 12 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WESTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 232 PM CDT…EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF JEFFERSON…OR 45 MILES SOUTH OF FORT DODGE…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
OGDEN…RIPPEY…GRAND JUNCTION…BERKLEY…BEAVER AND BOXHOLM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM…PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER…PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.