BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
107 AM CDT THU MAY 13 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
APPANOOSE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 103 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CORYDON TO 22 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MERCER…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
CORYDON…SEYMOUR…CENTERVILLE…MILLERTON…PROMISE CITY…
PLANO…NUMA…CINCINNATI…MYSTIC…RATHBUN LAKE…EXLINE…
RATHBUN…MORAVIA…UDELL…MOULTON AND UNIONVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THESE STORMS HAVE EXHIBITED SOME WEAK ROTATION. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS 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.